Children display more disinhibited social engagement in a computer-mediated role-play task than in theme-matched paper-pencil vignettes¶

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q3 i3 Across age groups, DSE scores were significantly higher on the computer role-play presentation than the paper-pencil presentation. → Fallon 2018

Evidence¶

Fallon 2018¶

Fallon, T. L., Aylett, R., Minnis, H. and Rajendran, G. (2018). Investigating social vulnerability in children using computer mediated role-play. Computers and Education, 125, pp. 458-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.06.027

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Repeated measures 3 × 2 factorial ANOVA with 54 typically developing children (one removed, so analyzed n implied by df) found a significant main effect of presentation with printed effect size Cohen's f = 0.86, favoring higher DSE scores in the computer role-play task.

"There was a significant main effect of task presentation (computer mediated role-play, paper pencil) [F (1, 47) = 34.66 p < 0.001 Cohen's f = 0.86]"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The advantage of computer role-play over paper-pencil vignettes in eliciting DSE holds for 6- and 8-year-olds but not for 10-year-olds — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Disinhibited social engagement declines with age in middle childhood, with 6-year-olds showing more DSE than 8- and 10-year-olds — related
• The authors report this as the first study to quantify DSE and social vulnerability in typically developing middle-childhood populations — related
• Theory of Mind is negatively correlated with DSE/social vulnerability scores on both task formats — related
• Parent and teacher Relationship Problems Questionnaire scores did not correlate with children's DSE on either task — related
• Computer simulations yield a slightly higher achievement effect than pen-and-paper modelling activities — related