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dc.contributor.authorMewhort-Buist, Tracy A.
dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Elizabeth S.
dc.contributor.authorBowman-Smith, Celina K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-10 21:43:46 (GMT)
dc.date.available2022-01-10 21:43:46 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.66.1.0001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17859
dc.descriptionThis is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 1, 2020 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available from Wayne State University Press.en
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined how school-age children's communicative decisions are influenced by the situation, their social partner, and their own characteristics (gender, shyness levels, and history of peer relationships). Children (8-12 years old, N = 246) imagined themselves in social scenarios (depicted through comics) and indicated the likelihood of using particular communicative options (e.g., truth, lie, sarcasm, or prosocial response). They also completed measures of shyness and past social experiences with peers. Findings revealed gender differences: Boys were more likely to tell the truth when their social partner blundered, and boys demonstrated increased willingness to use sarcasm. Girls, particularly shy girls, reported increased likelihood of responding with prosocial communicative strategies. Children with a history of peer victimization endorsed using more critical comments, whereas those with positive social experiences (particularly girls) reported more prosocial responses. Together the findings provide insight as to how interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics and contextual factors affect children's communicative choices.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWayne State University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMerrill-Palmer Quarterly;
dc.subjectprosocial behavioren
dc.subjectyoung-childrenen
dc.subjectsocioemotional adjustmenten
dc.subjecttrait stereotypeen
dc.subjectmiddle childhooden
dc.subjectsex-differencesen
dc.subjecthumor stylesen
dc.subjectlanguage useen
dc.subjectself-esteemen
dc.subjectwhite liesen
dc.titleChildren's Communicative Decisions Are Influenced by Gender, Shyness, and Peer Experiencesen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMewhort-Buist, T. A., Nilsen, E. S., & Bowman-Smith, C. K. (2020). Children’s Communicative Decisions Are Influenced by Gender, Shyness, and Peer Experiences. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 66(1), 1–33.en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Psychologyen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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