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Nichols, O., Vaughn, B. E., Coppola, G., Shin, N., Monteiro, L. & Krzysik, L. (2020). Relations between preschooler social competence and coping tactics during resource‐based conflicts. Social Development. 29 (4), 1051-1070

O. Nichols et al.,  "Relations between preschooler social competence and coping tactics during resource‐based conflicts", in Social Development, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1051-1070, 2020

@article{nichols2020_1713525418799,
	author = "Nichols, O. and Vaughn, B. E. and Coppola, G. and Shin, N. and Monteiro, L. and Krzysik, L.",
	title = "Relations between preschooler social competence and coping tactics during resource‐based conflicts",
	journal = "Social Development",
	year = "2020",
	volume = "29",
	number = "4",
	doi = "10.1111/sode.12451",
	pages = "1051-1070",
	url = "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sode.12451"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Relations between preschooler social competence and coping tactics during resource‐based conflicts
T2  - Social Development
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
AU  - Nichols, O.
AU  - Vaughn, B. E.
AU  - Coppola, G.
AU  - Shin, N.
AU  - Monteiro, L.
AU  - Krzysik, L.
PY  - 2020
SP  - 1051-1070
SN  - 0961-205X
DO  - 10.1111/sode.12451
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sode.12451
AB  - Although peer conflict is a common event in preschool classrooms, few studies have
examined relations between coping with peer conflict and social competence (SC) in preschool
samples. In this study, 166 preschoolers (95 male) were observed during dyadic play episodes
designed to induce a resource-based conflict. Coping tactics were coded using Zimmer-Gembeck
and Skinner’s (2011) taxonomy and were evaluated in relation to indicators of SC assessed using
direct observations and sociometric interviews. On average, the dyadic play episodes elicited
4.19 conflict events per partner, with children’s most common tactics being verbal assertion
(29% of all conflict events) and physical assertion (17%). Preschoolers’ coping tactics showed
moderate correspondence with current developmental taxonomies and regression analyses with
SC were partly consistent with studies of older children. Cooperative tactics reflected higher
levels of SC, particularly for boys, and failure to cope with the dilemma reflected lower levels of
social competence. In this sample, the use of disengaged tactics was not associated with SC and
only a few differences in coping tactic use were associated with the gender composition of the
dyad. Results suggest coping tactics during resource-based conflicts at the preschool age are
associated with measures of social competence and, with slight adjustments, map onto
developmental frameworks.
ER  -