摘要：This study examined gender differences of the effect of playfulness on the social skills of youngchildren. The subjects were 242 4- to 6-year-old children at five nursery schools and kindergartens.Results showed that playfulness influenced social skills of young children. In particular,young children'splayfulness was a more effective variable of assertion than self-control,cooperation and responsibility.Cognitive spontaneity and social spontaneity were the most effective variable of social skills. Playfulnesshad variable influences on social skills by gender;Among boys,playfulness was a less effective variableof cooperation than the other variables of social skills. Among girls,playfulness was a less effectivevariable of self-control than other variables of social skills.
关键词：Playfulness; social skill; gender difference
其他关键词：Playfulness; social skill; gender difference
