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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Who Will Be My Friend? The Role of the Liking Gap in Preschooler Friend Selection.

Jialu Liu, Kainian Mo, Zhiqiang Yan, Xiao Zeng

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jialu LiuSchool of Education, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8962-309X
Kainian MoSchool of Education, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China.ORCID 0009-0002-6529-9456
Zhiqiang YanDepartment of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6618-9393
Xiao ZengSchool of Education, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China.ORCID 0009-0008-1595-8920

Funding

Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education of China 24YJC880011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Friend selection is a crucial aspect of social development, particularly during preschool years. This study investigated the role of the liking gap in shaping preschoolers' friend selection mechanisms through two experiments. In Experiment 1 (

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egocentricfriend selectionliking gappeersperspective-takingpreschoolers

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PMID40001827
PMCPMC11851522

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