Social Competence at the Playground: Preschoolers During Recess

Abstract

of outdoor physical play for preschoolers' social success. Moreover, the study suggests that the environment in which children play has an important effect on the adaptive nature of their play.

Analyzing The Relationships between Preschool Children’s Play Skills and Their Social Competence and Emotion Regulation Skills/Analiza odnosa između vještina igre i društvenih sposobnosti i vještine reguliranja emocija u predškolske djece

“…According to this, it was found that as children's play skills increase, their social competences increase, whereas their levels of angeraggression and anxiety-withdrawal decrease. When literature is examined, it is seen that many studies have found that social play and social competence are empirically related (e.g., Fantuzzo, Sekino, & Cohen, 2004;Gagnon & Nagle, 2004;Gülay Ögelman & Erten Sarıkaya, 2014;Howes & Matheson, 1992;Veiga et al, 2017). It is seen that such interactive play is parallel to children's social development and that this play has a powerful influence on future social competence and interpersonal relationships (Johnson, Ironsmith, Snow, & Poteat, 2000).…”

“…This is so because play supports peer interaction which predicts the children's social skills and peer relations, cooperation and positive emotions (Mize & Pettit, 1997). Social competence is promoted by the quality of peer interaction within play (Newton & Jenvey, 2011;Veiga et al, 2017). In other words, children who are able to maintain peer relations and who have a closer social interaction while playing are socially more competent.…”

“…In other words, preschool children should be competent in social and emotional terms. The most important learning opportunity to develop and practice social and emotional skills is playing (Veiga et al, 2017). Playing is related to many aspects of child development and therefore it serves as a suitable environment for examining children's social and emotional competences.…”

“…When studies conducted on this issue are examined, there appears to be a significant number of studies carried out on the relationship between preschool children's play behaviors and their social and emotional competence (e.g., Fantuzzo, Sekino, & Cohen, 2004;Hoffman & Russ, 2012;Lemche et al, 2003;Newton & Jenvey, 2011;Veiga et al, 2017). However, the number of studies examining this issue in Turkey is rather limited (Gülay Ögelman & Erten Sarıkaya, 2014;Koçyiğit, Sezer, & Yılmaz, 2015).…”

Playground Social Interaction Analysis using Bespoke Wearable Sensors for Tracking and Motion Capture

“…There is an emerging literature concerning the use of such technologies to study individual differences in childhood social behaviour. Veiga and colleagues have used RFID to establish that frequent proximity to other children during play is a good predictor of social competence [9]. In the present study we were motivated include movement data into the study of play as another source of social insights.…”