Abstract
Abstract Preschool children were observed during free-play periods to determine the influences of number of siblings (i.e., only children vs. children with siblings) and gender on type of play activities and social behaviors. Boys engaged in more unoccupied behavior and solitary play than girls, and girls talked more and showed marginally more peer-directed social behavior than boys, but there were no differences between only children and children with siblings on any of the measures taken. These results reaffirm the potency of sex differences in early play and social participation and suggest that the social behavior of only children may be indistinguishable from non-only children in group settings.
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