INCIHUSA   20883
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS, SOCIALES Y AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Is social withdrawal a question of context? Characteristics and attributions toward shy and unsociable young children in different social environments
Autor/es:
KAREN CASTILLO; MIRTA SUSANA ISON; CAROLINA GRECO
Lugar:
Milán
Reunión:
Workshop; Social Competencies and Interpersonal Relationships: from the individual to the context; 2018
Institución organizadora:
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Resumen:
Socially withdrawn children often fail to reap the important and unique benefits that peer interaction has in their development, and this condition may lead to adjustment difficulties in their future (Coplan & Rubin, 2010; Grose & Coplan, 2015). Some of these consequences depend on the features and socialization patterns of their familiar and cultural environment. Although there is a strong influence of temperamental components in early childhood and the withdrawal behaviors may appear similar, they can be interpreted in particular ways in the diverse sociocultural contexts of development (Chen, 2015). Thus, the aim of this study is to analyze and compare the behaviors of social withdrawal and its attributions in early childhood, focusing on shyness and solitude, in different social contexts. Hypothesis regarding this are difficult to generate because of the lack of previous research in Latin American children from different zones.The ongoing mixed-method study includes 300 children aged 4-5 years old, attending public schools located in rural, urban, and marginal urban areas from Mendoza, Argentina. Multi-source assessments are employed, including socioeconomic reports, child interviews, naturalistic observations, temperament questionnaires and focus groups with parents, and behavioral teacher ratings. Research is in process, there is no final data yet. Emphasizing the Bioecological Model (Bronfenbrenner, 2005), the results could give new perspectives that will prove useful to understand the interplay between temperament and context in withdrawn young children and the consequences affecting their near social system.