"The chug is coming through!" "There's two chuggas!": A longitudinal study of the social function of imitation in children's play with siblings and friends
"The chug is coming through!" "There's two chuggas!": A longitudinal study of the social function of imitation in children's play with siblings and friends
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10.1111/sode.12664
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发表时间：
2023-01-17
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2
通讯作者：
DeHart, Ganie
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作者：
Howe, Nina;Paine, Amy L.;DeHart, Ganie
模仿被认为在社会关系中具有重要的亲和功能。然而，儿童在自然主义游戏中模仿不同游戏伙伴的倾向以及与社会理解的联系却被忽视了。我们调查的频率和背景的模仿在纵向研究的65个焦点儿童（T1：M年龄= 56.4个月，SD = 5.71）在玩他们的哥哥或弟弟妹妹和朋友在两个单独的游戏会话。大约3年后再次观察儿童（T2：n = 46，M年龄= 94.6个月; SD = 6.6）。我们对焦点儿童对他们的游戏伙伴的言语和非言语模仿、他们的伙伴对被模仿的反应、模仿发生的背景（例如，假装），以及焦点儿童的社会理解（即，心理状态参考）。言语模仿比非言语模仿发生得更频繁，并且最常用于游戏、谈判和假装的情境中。虽然焦点儿童的模仿他们的兄弟姐妹和朋友显着增加，随着时间的推移，儿童模仿朋友比兄弟姐妹在T1。所有的游戏伙伴都做出了积极的反应（即，微笑，大笑）最常被模仿。焦点儿童模仿和心理状态之间的联系与朋友在T2接近显着性。我们的研究结果提供了一个更深入的理解模仿的性质，在儿童的游戏互动和支持的主张，模仿是一个过程，使儿童建立联系，相互性，并在他们的关系共享的意义。
Imitation is argued to have an important affiliative function in social relationships. However, children's tendency to imitate different play partners during naturalistic play and associations with social understanding have been overlooked. We investigated the frequency and context of imitation in a longitudinal study of 65 focal children (T1: M age = 56.4 months, SD = 5.71) during play with their older or younger sibling and a friend in two separate play sessions. Children were observed again approximately 3 years later (T2: n = 46, M age = 94.6 months; SD = 6.6). We coded focal children's verbal and nonverbal imitation of their play partner, their partner's response to being imitated, the context in which imitation occurred (e.g., pretense), and the focal child's social understanding (i.e., mental state references). Verbal imitation occurred more often than nonverbal imitation and was used most often during the contexts of play negotiations and pretense. Although focal children's imitation of both their siblings and friends increased significantly over time, children imitated friends more than siblings at T1. All play partners responded positively (i.e., smiling, laughing) most often to being imitated. Associations between focal child imitation and mental state talk with friends at T2 approached significance. Our findings provide a deeper understanding of the nature of imitation during children's play interactions and support assertions that imitation is a process whereby children build affiliation, mutuality, and shared meanings in their relationships.