GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: INFANT COHORT AT 7/8 YEARS. NO. 3 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND PLAY

Author, No (2009) GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: INFANT COHORT AT 7/8 YEARS. NO. 3 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND PLAY. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This is the third in a series of Key Findings from the fourth wave of data collection from the Infant Cohort in Growing Up in Ireland. The families of just over 11,100 infants were first interviewed between September 2008 and March 2009, when the child at the centre of the study was 9 months old. They were re-interviewed when the child was 3 years old and again at 5 years of age. In 2016, a fourth wave of data was collected from the child’s primary caregiver (mainly their mother1), through a postal survey when the child was 7/8 years old. This Key Finding focuses on reports of children’s socio-emotional development and their behaviour, social skills, family relationships and play activities. Children’s progress in developing social and emotional skills is important for coping with relationships at school and at home, as well as being an important part of their overall well-being.

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