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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Child Dev Care. 2012 May 28;183(5):667–688. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2012.682728

Table A1.

Challenging Situation Task scenarios and behaviour response choices

Scenario Stimuli Behavioural choices
1. Taylor was building a very tall tower of blocks. Bobbie knocked it down. graphic file with name nihms392302t1.jpg
  • 1a

    Build another tower?

  • 1b

    Hit Bobbie or yell?

  • 1c

    Cry?

  • 1d

    Go find someone else to play with?
2. Taylor is having a good time playing in the sandbox when Bobbie hits her/him. graphic file with name nihms392302t2.jpg
  • 2a

    Tell him it’s not a nice thing to do?

  • 2b

    Hit?

  • 2c

    Cry?

  • 2d

    Go play somewhere else?
3. Taylor was kicking a soccer ball. soccer ball. Bobbie came and took the graphic file with name nihms392302t3.jpg
  • 3a

    Ask Bobbie to play with you?

  • 3b

    Grab the ball back or yell?

  • 3c

    Cry?

  • 3d

    Go play something else?

Note: For all scenarios, emotion response choices included: (1) happy (2) sad (3) mad (4) just ok. Behavioural response choices included: (1) socially competent (2) aggressive (3) crying (4) passive.