Young children's interpersonal relationships and their social development

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380872
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: SONODA Natsumi 横浜国立大学, 教育人間科学部, 准教授 (00332544)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 幼児 / 対人的自己効力感 / 母親の養育態度 / 保育者への認知 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine the correlations between mother- and theacher-child relationships and young children's social self-efficacy in three years longitudinal study. When the children were 3-to-4-year-olds, their social self-efficacy was associated with their mothers' independence-promoting parenting style. One year later, the 4-to5-year-old chidlren's social self-efficacy was related to their perceptions of preschool teachers. Moreover, the 5-to-6-year old children's social self-efficacy was correlated to their mothers' parenting anxiety. These results suggest that the effects of mother- and teacher- child relationsips on young children's social self-efficacy may differ in children's developmental stages.

Free Research Field

幼児の社会性