TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Showing-off behavior of nursery children
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Koyama, Tsukasa
A1  - Smith, Peter K.
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
N2  - Assertive behaviours like showing-off have an important role for a child in getting attention from other children in a class without being aggressive. This study presented the showing-off behaviour in an English nursery school, and later it was discussed in comparison with that in the German kindergartens reported by Hold-Cavell. As a result, the English children performed showing-off behaviours at only one-half the frequency of German children. No sex difference was seen in either showing-off or physical aggression in the nursery class. The frequency of showing-off did not correlate with that of physical aggression; this result is discussed in terms of Hinde's motivational postulate. Showing-off behaviour is deserving of the further studies cross-culturally and ontogenetically.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -