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Is Temperament Associated with Academic School Readiness in Children Born Very Preterm?
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Leanne Tamm; James L. Peugh; Nehal A. Parikh – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: Temperament, which can be assessed as early as 3 months, is associated with school readiness and later academic achievement in children born full term. Although children born preterm demonstrate a dysregulated temperament and are at significant risk for lower school readiness, we found no studies investigating whether early…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, School Readiness, Premature Infants, Correlation
Profiles of State and Trait Engagement of Preschool Children
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Andrea Ritoša; Lena Almqvist; Henrik Danielsson; Mats Granlund – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" This study examined the engagement of 494 preschool children in Sweden (M = 53.44 months, SD = 10.64) using both teacher questionnaires to measure global engagement (trait) and observations to measure momentary engagement (state). Using a person-oriented approach with cluster analysis, we identified five distinct…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, Early Childhood Education, Personality Traits
Can Temperament Predict School Readiness in At-Risk Kindergarteners? A Combination of Variable-Oriented and Person-Oriented Approaches
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Gobeil-Bourdeau, Jasmine; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Letarte, Marie-Josée; Laurent, Angélique – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: In this study, a combination of variable-oriented and person-oriented statistical analyses was used to examine the links between three temperament factors (negative affectivity, surgency/extraversion, effortful control) evaluated before entry into kindergarten and the cognitive and socioemotional dimensions of school readiness…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Affective Behavior, School Readiness, Kindergarten
The Mediating Role of Maternal Psychological Capital on the Relationship between Social Support and Parenting Competence: Evidence from Chinese Mothers
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Yue, Yaping; Yuan, Haojie; Tan, Beijia; Wu, Dandan – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study aims to explore the possible mediators between social support and parenting competence in Chinese mothers of preschoolers. Altogether 538 Chinese mothers were sampled and surveyed with the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Psychological Capital Scale (PCS-24), and the Chinese versions of the Parenting Sense of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Social Support Groups, Parenting Skills
Effortful Control and Extensive Observations of Negative Emotion as Joint Predictors of Teacher-Student Conflict in Childhood
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Hernández, Maciel M.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Valiente, Carlos; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Johns, Sarah K.; Berger, Rebecca H.; Diaz, Anjolii; Silva, Kassondra M.; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Gal-Szabo, Diana E.; Southworth, Jody – Early Education and Development, 2022
Studies with extensive observations of real-life emotions at school are rare but might be especially useful for predicting school-related outcomes. This study evaluated observations of negative emotion expressivity in lunch and recreation settings across kindergarten, first grade, and second grade (N = 301), kindergarten teachers' reports of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teacher Student Relationship, Conflict, Emotional Response
Pathways to Low-Income Children's Self-Regulation: Child Temperament and the Qualities of Teacher-Child Relationships
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Torquati, Julia C.; Raikes, Helen; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: We examined low-income children's temperament (regulatory and reactive) as a predictor of their self-regulation, and teacher-child relationship (closeness and conflict) as a moderator of associations between child temperament and self-regulation. This study involved 291 children (132 girls) (Mage = 53.88 months, SD = 6.44…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Personality Traits, Self Control, Teacher Student Relationship