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Social competence is an important area of research in the field of human development. In theory, it should be possible to use a comparative analysis of both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies to increase our understanding in this area. However, the term social competence has been applied to such a wide range of behaviors that it might be more useful to consider the various definitions as separate constructs, more or less related to each other, than as a single homogeneous theoretical concept (Dodge, Pettit, McClaskey, & Brown, 1986). Furthermore, the particular skills that have been studied, and the research that has been conducted on them, have been influenced by the highly diverse perspectives of the social and developmental theorists.
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Attili, G. (1989). Social Competence Versus Emotional Security: The Link between Home Relationships and Behavior Problems in Preschool. In: Schneider, B.H., Attili, G., Nadel, J., Weissberg, R.P. (eds) Social Competence in Developmental Perspective. NATO ASI Series, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2442-0_18
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