Rotenberg K J
Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.
J Genet Psychol. 1995 Sep;156(3):279-92. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1995.9914823.
Sixty preschool children, 60 peer friends, and 60 peer nonfriends (mean age = 4 years, ranging from 2 years 8 months to 6 years old) were engaged in conversations on topics varying in personal content. The findings indicate that restrictive disclosure to friends developed across the preschool period. Older preschool children (4 to 5 years old) displayed the restrictive disclosure to friend pattern; they provided more high-personal disclosures in conversations with friends than with nonfriends, while not differentially providing low-personal disclosures in conversations with the two types of peers. Younger preschool children (2 to 3 years old) displayed the opposite pattern; they provided more low-personal disclosures in conversations with friends than with nonfriends, while not differentially providing high-personal disclosures in conversations with the two types of peers. The potential causes and consequences of the development of restrictive disclosure to friends during the preschool period are discussed.
60名学龄前儿童、60名同龄朋友和60名同龄非朋友(平均年龄 = 4岁,年龄范围从2岁8个月至6岁)参与了关于个人内容各异话题的对话。研究结果表明,对朋友的限制性披露在整个学龄前阶段逐渐形成。年龄较大的学龄前儿童(4至5岁)呈现出对朋友的限制性披露模式;他们在与朋友的对话中提供了比与非朋友对话中更多的高度个人化披露,而在与这两种类型同伴的对话中,提供低度个人化披露没有差异。年龄较小的学龄前儿童(2至3岁)呈现出相反的模式;他们在与朋友的对话中提供了比与非朋友对话中更多的低度个人化披露,而在与这两种类型同伴的对话中,提供高度个人化披露没有差异。本文讨论了学龄前阶段对朋友的限制性披露发展的潜在原因和后果。