Being Alone, Playing Alone, and Acting Alone: Distinguishing among Reticence and Passive and Active Solitude in Young Children

Abstract

Robert J. Coplan, Kenneth H. Rubin, Nathan A. Fox, Susan D. Calkins, Shannon L. Stewart, Being Alone, Playing Alone, and Acting Alone: Distinguishing among Reticence and Passive and Active Solitude in Young Children, Child Development, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 129-137