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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 6
First page : (628) Last page : (638)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8492

Gender Difference in Social and Emotional Development of Preschool Children

Soumya Hirelingannavar^1* and Manjula Patil^2
1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
College of Community Science, UAS Dharwad
²Jr. Scientist (AICRP-CD) Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
College of Community Science, UAS Dharwad
*Corresponding Author E-mail: soumyafh8585@gmail.com
Received: 4.11.2020 | Revised: 13.12.2020 | Accepted: 19.12.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Social and emotional development means how children start to understand who they are, what they are feeling and what to expect when interacting with others. It is the development of being able to: Form and sustain positive relationships, experience, manage and express emotions. The study was conducted with the objectives: to assess the social and emotional development of rural preschool children, to know the influence of gender on social and emotional development of preschool children in rural and urban areas.The qualitative approach involved naturalistic observation method to document, analyze and study the impact of play-based activities on social and emotional development. Naturalistic observation was made during children involved in free play through video recording which was complemented with participant observation which included by taking field notes. Based on the number of play-based activities followed in the ECCE centers, total eight ECCE centres were selected, four (two anganwadis and two preschools) from rural area and urban area. Total sample comprised of 208 (104 rural and 104 urban) children of age group 3-6 years were selected for the study. Transdiciplinary Play Based Assessment-2 tool was used to assess the social and emotional development of children. Results revealed that majority of the children in both rural and urban anganwadi belonged to watch and concern category of social and emotional development. The significant association was found between gender and social and emotional development of children. Girls found to be significantly higher on social and emotional development and its domains in both rural and urban of anganwadi and preschool.

Keywords: Social and emotional development, Play based activities, Gender, Anganwadi, Preschool.

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Cite this article: Hirelingannavar, S., & Patil, M. (2020). Gender Difference in Social and Emotional Development of Preschool Children, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(6), 628-638. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8492