Perlman, Michal, Lyons-Amos, Mark, Leckie, George, Steele, Fiona and Jenkins, Jennifer (2015) Capturing the temporal sequence of interaction in young siblings. PLOS One, 10 (5). e0126353. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
We explored whether young children exhibit subtypes of behavioral sequences during sibling interaction. Ten-minute, free-play observations of over 300 sibling dyads were coded for positivity, negativity and disengagement. The data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling (GMM). Younger (18-month-old) children’s temporal behavioral sequences showed a harmonious (53%) and a casual (47%) class. Older (approximately four-year-old) children’s behavior was more differentiated revealing a harmonious (25%), a deteriorating (31%), a recovery (22%) and a casual (22%) class. A more positive maternal affective climate was associated with more positive patterns. Siblings’ sequential behavioral patterns tended to be complementary rather than reciprocal in nature. The study illustrates a novel use of GMM and makes a theoretical contribution by showing that young children exhibit distinct types of temporal behavioral sequences that are related to parenting processes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Authors © CC BY 4.0 |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Statistics |
| Funders: | Canadian Institutes of Health, United Kingdom National Centre for Research Methods, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Atkinson Charitable Foundation, Connaught Global Challenge Fund |
| Projects: | RES-576-25-00030032 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2015 13:26 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/62229/ |
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