Community Violence, Interpartner Conflict, Parenting, and Social Support as Predictors of the Social Competence of African American Preschool Children

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda M. Oravecz ◽  
Sally A. Koblinsky ◽  
Suzanne M. Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
The Social

Reliability and Validity of the Parent form of the Social Competence Scale in Chinese Preschoolers

2012 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 266-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Xue Ke ◽  
Xiaoyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Single Dimension ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
High Internal Consistency

The Parent Form of the Social Competence Scale (SCS–PF) was translated into Chinese and validated in a sample of Chinese preschool children ( N = 443). Results confirmed a single dimension and high internal consistency in the SCS–PF. Mothers' ratings on the SCS–PF correlated moderately with teachers' ratings on the Teacher Form of the Social Competence Scale and weakly with teachers' ratings on the Student–Teacher Relationship Scale.

Perceptions of Social Support in Doctoral Programs among Minority Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 1003-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Native American ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
The Social

This study examined the perceptions of social support reported by 70 African-American, 44 Hispanic, 20 Native-American, and 69 Asian-American doctoral students ( N = 203) concerning their experiences in graduate school. The Doctoral Student Survey was used to measure the levels and types of social support provided. One-way analysis of variance of mean scores indicated that a majority of doctoral students perceived the academic environment on campus and faculty advisers to be strong sources of social support, while perceiving the social environment on campus as unsupportive of their progress. The African-American and Native-American doctoral students perceived the social environment on campus to be less supportive than did the Hispanic and Asian-American doctoral students, and Native-American doctoral students perceived their departments to be less supportive than did the African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American doctoral students.

Effects of Social Integration on Preschool Children with Handicaps

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 420-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Jenkins ◽  
Samuel L. Odom ◽  
Matthew L. Speltz
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interactive Play ◽  
Lower Performing Students

This study examined the effects of (a) integrating handicapped and nonhandicapped children in preschools and (b) a condition designed to promote social integration. Fifty-six children with mild and moderate handicaps were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions: integrated/social interaction, integrated/child-directed, segregated/social interaction, and segregated/child-directed. Observation revealed a higher proportion of interactive play, as well as higher language development, in the social interaction conditions; and children in the integrated/social interaction condition received significantly higher ratings of social competence. These data suggest that structuring social interaction between higher and lower performing children can result in benefits to the lower performing students.

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