Showing papers by "Serena Lecce published in 2009"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the grade of congruence in sibling and friend dyads and found that members of the same sibling dyad appeared to be unrelated in presenting Affection, Conflict, Power and Similarity.
Abstract: Congruence constitutes a relevant topic in studying interpersonal relationships from a theoretical and methodological point of view but it has rarely been analysed systematically. The main goal of this study was to explore the grade of congruence in sibling and friend dyads. Forty-eight children, their sibling closest in age and their best friend were recruited. Subjects were between 6 and 11 years of age (M = 8.8, SD = 1.4). Friend dyads were of the same age and mostly also of the same gender. An age gap ranging from 1 to 4 years characterized sibling dyads (M = 2.5; SD = 0.9), which varied in terms of gender pairings. Children completed a verbal and a pictorial task. Analyses of their responses focused on four dimensions: Affection, Conflict, Power and Similarity. Members of friend dyads showed significant agreement on Affection and Conflict. Moreover, members of the same sibling dyad appeared to be unrelated in presenting Affection, Conflict, Power and Similarity. These results seem to be unaffected by...
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TL;DR: This article examined developmental change and variation across social context in the quality of children's conversations, with a dual focus on conflict and inner state talk (IST), using transcripts from 57 three to six-year-olds, filmed at home at two time points (12 months apart) in two distinct contexts (dyadic play with younger siblings and unstructured routine interactions with mothers).
Abstract: This study examined developmental change and variation across social context in the quality of children's conversations, with a dual focus on (1) conflict and (2) inner state talk (IST). Each measure was coded as a proportion of total talk, using transcripts from 57 three- to six-year-olds, filmed at home at two time points (12 months apart) in two distinct contexts (dyadic play with younger siblings and unstructured routine interactions with mothers). Frequencies of conflict and IST did not change between time points. However, IST changed in function, such that the proportion of IST within explanations increased over time. At each time point: (1) children talked about inner states (especially others' inner states) more often with younger siblings than with mothers; and (2) conflict was more strongly associated with talk about children's own inner states within conversations with mothers (mean r = .46) than with younger siblings (mean r = .02). Together, these findings highlight the need to consider both conflict and IST as relationship-specific constructs.
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