TY - JOUR PY - 1972// TI - The development of social behavior in pre‐school and elementary grade children JO - Early child development and care A1 - Gehler, Walther SP - 227 EP - 235 VL - 1 IS - 2 N2 - The author describes' an observational and sociometric study of the social behavior of kindergarten and first grade children. A comparison of children who had previously participated in pre‐school programs and those who did not, revealed that those children who did have pre‐school experience formed new social relationships more often and more easily. They also showed a greater degree of constancy in their relationships, and a beginning of positive collective attitudes.

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LA - en SN - 0300-4430 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0300443720010205 ID - ref1 ER -