Information Processing and Children's Social Development

这项研究的目的是了解社会的作用， 认知技能和偏见在社会发展 儿童适应不良。 这些技能和偏见包括 准确识别他人的意图， 将敌对意图归因于他人， 有能力解决人际关系问题，并有能力 预测自己行为的后果。 是 我假设：1）这些技能和偏见在整个过程中是稳定的 时间在一个孩子，因此代表personality.like 特征; 2）显示技能缺陷的儿童， 偏见很可能是社会适应不良;和3）儿童谁 显示技能缺陷和偏见是在以后的社会风险 和学校适应不良，特别是在过渡到 中学 在一、二、三年级的259名男女生中， 随访两年，并将继续随访一年。 再加三年。 社会认知技能评估 每年都会收集每个孩子的偏见， 每年收集。 社会和学校适应不良的措施 将每年收集，包括积极的评级 行为问题，精神症状，学校纪律 行为和其他形式的越轨行为。 这项研究将进一步加深我们对社会认知的理解 童年中期的发展。 这些发现可能会形成 旨在改善儿童健康的干预措施的经验基础 社会认知技能作为一种防止社会和学校 失调

The aim of this research is to understand the role of social cognitive skills and biases in the development of social maladjustment in children. These skills and biases include the accurate recognition of others' intentions, the tendency to attribute hostile intent to others, the ability to generate many competent solutions to interpersonal problems, and the ability to anticipate the consequences of one's own behavior. It is hypothesized that: 1) these skills and biases are stable across time within a child, thus representing personality.like characteristics; 2) children who display skill deficits and biases are likely to be socially maladjusted; and 3) children who display skill deficits and biases are at risk for later social and school maladjustment, particularly during the transition to middle school. A sample of 259 boys and girls in grades 1, 2, and 3 have been followed for two years and will continue to be followed for an additional three years. Assessments of social cognitive skills and biases have been collected each year on each child and will be collected yearly. Measures of social and school maladjustment will be collected yearly, including ratings of aggressive behavior problems, psychiatric symptoms, school disciplinary action, and other forms of deviance. This research will further our understanding of social cognitive development during middle childhood. The findings could form the empirical base for an intervention aimed at improving children's social cognitive skills as a way of preventing social and school maladjustment.