The Effect of Effortful Control, Age and Gender on Prosocial Behaviour and Peer-Directed Aggression in Preschool Children

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Mawby
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Effortful Control ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
And Gender

THE EFFECTS OF AGE AND GENDER ON FINGER TAPPING SPEED IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haris Memisevic ◽  
Indira Mahmutovic ◽  
Arnela Pasalic ◽  
Inga Ibralic Biscevic
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Finger Tapping ◽  
Motor Deficits ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Finger Tapping Test ◽  
And Gender

Background: The assessment of children’s motor control is very important in detecting potential motor deficits. The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) is a widely used test in various clinical and non-clinical populations. FTT is a neuropsychological test designed to measure motor control. Age and gender are significant pre - dictors of finger tapping speed in school-aged children. The goal of the present study was to determine the effects of age and gender on finger tapping speed in preschool children. Material/Methods: The sample for this study included 111 preschool children, aged 3 to 6 years (mean age- 4.6; SD- 0.9), of both genders (59 boys, 52 girls). As a measure of finger tapping speed we used the Finger Tapping Test from the Psychology Experi -ment Building Language (PEBL). Results: The results of this study found a significant effect of age on finger tapping speed. Contrary to the existing studies, there was no gender effect on the tapping speed in preschoolers. A one way analysis of variance showed that older children performed significantly better than younger children Conclusions:There is a linear trend of improved performance on FTT with an increasing age. The child’s gender was not a significant predictor of FTT for preschool children. Motor control and speed can be improved through exercise.

scholarly journals THE MANIFESTATION OF PROSOCIAL AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DEPENDING ON SEX AND AGE

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Aid Bulić ◽  
◽  
Gabriel Pinkas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
School Children ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender

In this paper we present the results of research on a sample of 101 children. All children attending kindergarten "Sunčica" that exists within the Public Institution for pre-school education "Our child" Tuzla. Our goal was to investigate and determine which behavior, prosocial or aggressive, is more manifested by pre-school children. Also, we wanted to determine whether there is a significant difference in the expression of aggressive and prosocial behavior of children in relation to their age and gender. The results we obtained showed that preschool children manifested more prosocial than aggressive behavior, that there are significant differences in the expression of prosocial and aggressive behavior of children in relation to sex, and that there are significant differences between certain age groups of children in the context of prosocial behavior while among some age groups in the context of prosocial behavior and among all age groups in context of aggressive behavior there were no statistically significant differences.

scholarly journals Preschool children's categorization of speakers by regional accent

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-352
Author(s):  
Ella Jeffries
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Developmental Stage ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The North ◽  
Linguistic Input ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Age Range ◽  
North And South

AbstractThis study reports on an experiment with twenty preschool children (3;1–4;7) in York, UK to investigate the earliest stage of children's socioperceptual development. The children discriminate between different groups of speakers based on their pronunciation of phonological regional variables diagnostic of the North and South of England. An improvement across the age range uncovers a developmental stage when children are able to interpret variation as socially meaningful. This is comparable with developments in sociolinguistic production during the preschool years, as previous studies have found. Three measures associated with linguistic input (children's age and gender, local versus nonlocal parents) have an impact on the children's performance. The results are interpreted through an exemplar theoretic account, highlighting the role of input and the combined storing and accessing of both linguistic and social information.

Relationships between Pitch-Matching Accuracy, Speech Fundamental Frequency, Speech Range, Age, and Gender in American English-Speaking Preschool Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie L. Trollinger
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Matching Accuracy ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Pitch Matching ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Function

This study is an investigation of the relationships among acoustical measurements of pitch-matching accuracy, speech fundamental frequency, speech frequency range, age, and gender in preschool children. Consideration was taken in applying known research concerned with the anatomical characteristics of the developing child voice to see if a relationship between the acoustic findings and anatomical structure and function was evident. Participants in the study were 70 English-speaking children, ages 36–71 months, from three geographical areas of the United States. Subjects were asked to engage in directed and spontaneous speech activities and short echo-singing activities. All speech and singing data were taped and subsequently analyzed for fundamental frequency (Fo) using the Cspeech acoustical voice analysis program. Results revealed (a) both speech Fo and speech range were the overall strongest predictors of pitch-matching accuracy (p < .0001) and (b) that age in months was a significant predictor (p = .03) of the ability to sing the lower pitches (C and D) used in the study. Gender also emerged as a significant predictor of pitch-matching accuracy, but not as strong as speech fundamental frequency or speech range. The acoustic findings supported previously established research findings concerned with child vocal anatomy and function.

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