儿童社会技能研究的回顾与展望

儿童的社会技能问题于20世纪70年代开始引起西方研究者的高度重视,并在短时间内迅速成为发展心理学、教育心理学等学科共同研究的热点课题。西方关于儿童社会技能的研究基本上可以分为三个阶段:20世纪三四十年代儿童社会技能研究的早期阶段,20世纪40年代至六七十年代儿童社会技能研究的停滞阶段和20世纪70年代后儿童社会技能研究的迅猛崛起与发展阶段。但我国关于儿童社会技能的研究起步较晚,亟待拓展和加强。

Retrospect and Prospect of Researches on Children's Social Skills

Since 1970s, children's social skills have become a popular area of study for Western researchers in many different disciplines, such as developmental psychology, educational psychology, and school psychology. The history of the researcheses on children's social skills might be briefly summarized in terms of three developmental periods: (1) the early period of researches during 1930s and 1940s, (2) the stagnate period of researches from 1940s to 1970s, (3) the quickly developing and flourishing period since 1970s. However, only after 1980s and 1990s did Chinese researchers begin to focus on children's social skills. Given the importance of social skills with children, much more work should be done in this area for Chinese researchers.