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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Building on an existing latent variable analysis of executive function (EF) in children (N=191, 57% boys and 43% girls) making the transition to school (Hughes et al. (2010), "Developmental Neuropsychology", vol. 35, pp. 20-36), the current study both documented average developmental improvements from 4 to 6 years of age and examined individual…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Individual Differences, Verbal Ability, Neuropsychology
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Reynolds, Matthew R.; Sander, Janay B.; Irvin, Matthew J. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2010
The trajectories of internalizing and interpersonal behaviors from kindergarten through fifth grade were studied using univariate and bivariate latent curve models. Internalizing behaviors demonstrated a small, yet statistically significant, linear increase over time, while interpersonal behaviors showed a small, yet statistically significant,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Antisocial Behavior, Elementary School Students, Age Differences
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Green, Vanessa A.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Educational Psychology, 2008
Conflict management is a skill best learned early in life, and lays a foundation for the development of future relationships. The present study examined the strategies children use when negotiating roles in a dynamic play situation. Participants were 156 children (M age = 6.5 years) in 39 groups of four, who were videotaped in a play activity that…
Descriptors: Play, Conflict Resolution, Children, Communication Strategies
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Pianta, Robert C.; Stuhlman, Megan W. – School Psychology Review, 2004
This work examines associations between closeness and conflict in teacher-child relationships and children's social and academic skills in first grade in a sample of 490 children. Assessments of teacher-child relationships were obtained in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Results demonstrate moderate correlations among teachers' ratings…
Descriptors: Conflict, Primary Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Competence
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McIntyre, L. L.; Blacher, J.; Baker, B. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Previous research has highlighted the importance of the transition to school for young children and their families. A child's successful adaptation to school is likely influenced by a number of factors, including academic, social, emotional, behavioural and cognitive competencies. Children with intellectual disability (ID) may be at…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Behavior Problems, Adjustment (to Environment), Teacher Student Relationship
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Dhami, Mandeep K.; Hoglund, Wendy L.; Leadbeater, Bonnie J.; Boone, Erin M. – Social Development, 2005
In a short-term longitudinal study of 432 first-grade children, we examined whether gender interacted with contextual differences (school-level poverty) and individual differences at school entry (behavioral problems, emotional problems, and social competence) to predict changes in peer physical and relational victimization and receipt of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Individual Differences, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence
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Miller, Alison L.; Gouley, Kathleen Kiely; Seifer, Ronald; Zakriski, Audrey; Eguia, Maria; Vergnani, Michael – Social Development, 2005
This short-term longitudinal study examined relations between emotion knowledge and social functioning in a sample of low-income kindergarten and 1st graders. Individual differences in spontaneous emotion naming and emotion recognition skills were used to predict children's social functioning at school, including peer-nominated sociometric status,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Social Status, Low Income, Sociometric Techniques