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Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives
Preschool is one of the most important periods in a child’s life, and it can influence their social development. A lack of attention to this important life period can increase the risk of serious injuries to a child’s growth and development. The aim of this study was to examine the level of social s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31052411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children6050064 |
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author | Maleki, Maryam Chehrzad, Minoo Mitra Kazemnezhad Leyli, Ehsan Mardani, Abbas Vaismoradi, Mojtaba |
author_facet | Maleki, Maryam Chehrzad, Minoo Mitra Kazemnezhad Leyli, Ehsan Mardani, Abbas Vaismoradi, Mojtaba |
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description | Preschool is one of the most important periods in a child’s life, and it can influence their social development. A lack of attention to this important life period can increase the risk of serious injuries to a child’s growth and development. The aim of this study was to examine the level of social skills in preschool children from teachers’ perspectives and investigate the relationship between social skills and the child’s environmental and cultural background. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 546 children studying in the preschool centers of Rasht city, Iran. They were selected using a multistage cluster sampling method. Data was gathered using the children’s and teachers’ demographic questionnaire and the Social Skills Rating System-Teachers (SSRS-T). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis via SPSS software. It was found that the majority of children had moderate skills in terms of cooperation, assertion, self-control, and total social skills. Also, a statistically significant association was reported between total social skill scores and the mother’s age, mother’s education level, mother’s job, family’s income, teacher teaching experiences, and number of children in each classroom. The Iranian children were at a relatively low risk of problems with social skills. To improve children’s social skills, more attention should be paid to factors related to familial and socioeconomic status such as income, parents’ education level, maternal age, teacher’s selection for this age group, and number of children in each classroom. |
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spelling | pubmed-65603842019-06-17 Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives Maleki, Maryam Chehrzad, Minoo Mitra Kazemnezhad Leyli, Ehsan Mardani, Abbas Vaismoradi, Mojtaba Children (Basel) Article Preschool is one of the most important periods in a child’s life, and it can influence their social development. A lack of attention to this important life period can increase the risk of serious injuries to a child’s growth and development. The aim of this study was to examine the level of social skills in preschool children from teachers’ perspectives and investigate the relationship between social skills and the child’s environmental and cultural background. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 546 children studying in the preschool centers of Rasht city, Iran. They were selected using a multistage cluster sampling method. Data was gathered using the children’s and teachers’ demographic questionnaire and the Social Skills Rating System-Teachers (SSRS-T). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis via SPSS software. It was found that the majority of children had moderate skills in terms of cooperation, assertion, self-control, and total social skills. Also, a statistically significant association was reported between total social skill scores and the mother’s age, mother’s education level, mother’s job, family’s income, teacher teaching experiences, and number of children in each classroom. The Iranian children were at a relatively low risk of problems with social skills. To improve children’s social skills, more attention should be paid to factors related to familial and socioeconomic status such as income, parents’ education level, maternal age, teacher’s selection for this age group, and number of children in each classroom. MDPI 2019-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6560384/ /pubmed/31052411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children6050064 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Maleki, Maryam Chehrzad, Minoo Mitra Kazemnezhad Leyli, Ehsan Mardani, Abbas Vaismoradi, Mojtaba Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title | Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title_full | Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title_fullStr | Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title_short | Social Skills in Preschool Children from Teachers’ Perspectives |
title_sort | social skills in preschool children from teachers’ perspectives |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31052411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children6050064 |
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