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Direct linkNesbitt, Kimberly Turner; Farran, Dale Clark; Fuhs, Mary Wagner – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Although research suggests associations between children's executive function skills and their academic achievement, the specific mechanisms that may help explain these associations in early childhood are unclear. This study examined whether children's (N = 1,103; M age = 54.5 months) executive function skills at the beginning of prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Preschool Education
Leerkes, Esther M.; Paradise, Matthew; O'Brien, Marion; Calkins, Susan D.; Lange, Garrett – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
The core processes of emotion understanding, emotion control, cognitive understanding, and cognitive control and their association with early indicators of social and academic success were examined in a sample of 141 3-year-old children. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized four-factor model of emotion and cognition in early…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Emotional Development
Willoughby, Michael; Vandergrift, Nathan; Blair, Clancy; Granger, Douglas A. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
This study introduces a novel application of structural equation modeling (SEM) for the analysis of cortisol data that are collected using a pre-post-post design. By way of an extended example, an SEM model is developed that permits an examination of both the overall level of cortisol, as well as changes in cortisol (reactivity and regulation), as…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Structural Equation Models, Cognitive Ability, Preschool Children
