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The Link between Early Iconic Gesture Comprehension and Receptive Language
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Isil Dogan; Demet Özer; Asli Aktan-Erciyes; Reyhan Furman; Ö. Ece Demir-Lira; Seyda Özçaliskan; Tilbe Göksun – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Children comprehend iconic gestures relatively later than deictic gestures. Previous research with English-learning children indicated that they could comprehend iconic gestures at 26 months, a pattern whose extension to other languages is not yet known. The present study examined Turkish-learning children's iconic gesture comprehension and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Turkish
Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development for Turkish Children: Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability Analysis
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Basak Ergün; Gözde Önal; Gülsah Zengin Yazici; Gökçen Akyürek – Infant and Child Development, 2024
The home environment is a significant factor that greatly influences the motor development of children. This study aims to examine the cultural adaptation validity and reliability of the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development (AHEMD-SR) for Turkish children aged 18--42 months. The study included 103 Turkish children (mean age =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Motor Development, Family Environment
Fine Motor Abilities and Parental Input of Spatial Features Predict Object Word Comprehension of Turkish-Learning Children
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Kobas, Mert; Aktan-Erciyes, Asli; Göksun, Tilbe – Infant and Child Development, 2021
Object word learning can be based on infant-related factors such as their manual actions and socio-linguistic factors such as parental input. Specific input for spatial features (i.e., size, shape, features of objects) can be related to object word comprehension in early vocabulary development. In a longitudinal study, we investigated whether fine…
Descriptors: Turkish, Psychomotor Skills, Toddlers, Parent Influence
Self-Regulation: Relations with Theory of Mind and Social Behaviour
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Korucu, Irem; Selcuk, Bilge; Harma, Mehmet – Infant and Child Development, 2017
It is argued that self-regulation skill is necessary both for displaying constructive behaviour and for controlling negative social behaviour, and self-regulation might affect social behaviours by increasing the ability to understand others' minds. In this research, in order to examine different aspects of self-regulation and their similarities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Control, Social Behavior, Executive Function
Sequence of Theory-of-Mind Acquisition in Turkish Children from Diverse Social Backgrounds
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Selcuk, Bilge; Brink, Kimberly A.; Ekerim, Muge; Wellman, Henry M. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
We examined the sequence of theory of mind (ToM) acquisition in 260 Turkish children (Mage = 53.36 months, SD = 10.37) and the demographic factors associated with it. Children came from 5 different cities in Turkey. Their ToM skills were measured using ToM Scale, which probes various mental state understandings from diverse desires to hidden…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
Maternal Socialization and Child Temperament as Predictors of Emotion Regulation in Turkish Preschoolers
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Yagmurlu, Bilge; Altan, Ozge – Infant and Child Development, 2010
This study investigated the role of maternal socialization and temperament in Turkish preschool children's emotion regulation. Participants consisted of 145 preschoolers (79 boys, 69 girls; M[subscript age]= 62 months), their mothers, and daycare teachers from middle-high socioeconomic suburbs of Istanbul. Maternal child-rearing practices and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Child Rearing, Preschool Children