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Using Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling to Study Developmental Change in Relations between Language and Literacy
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Quinn, Jamie M.; Wagner, Richard K. – Child Development, 2018
The purpose of this review was to introduce readers of "Child Development" to the meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) technique. Provided are a background to the MASEM approach, a discussion of its utility in the study of child development, and an application of this technique in the study of reading comprehension (RC)…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Factor Structure
Specific Preschool Executive Functions Predict Unique Aspects of Mathematics Development: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
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Simanowski, Stefanie; Krajewski, Kristin – Child Development, 2019
This study assessed the extent to which executive functions (EF), according to their factor structure in 5-year-olds (N = 244), influenced early quantity-number competencies, arithmetic fluency, and mathematics school achievement throughout first and second grades. A confirmatory factor analysis resulted in updating as a first, and inhibition and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Executive Function, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Processes
Using a Group-Centered Approach to Observe Interactions in Early Childhood Education
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van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Leseman, Paul P. M.; de Haan, Mariëtte – Child Development, 2018
This study examined the value of using a group-centered approach to evaluate process quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC). Is observed support of group processes a different aspect of classroom quality, and does it predict children's collaborative play in ECEC in the Netherlands? In two play situations, 37 teachers and 120 two- to…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Play, Cooperative Learning, Educational Quality
Effortful Control Moderates Bidirectional Effects between Children's Externalizing Behavior and Their Mothers' Depressive Symptoms
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Choe, Daniel E.; Olson, Sheryl L.; Sameroff, Arnold J. – Child Development, 2014
This study examined bidirectional associations between mothers' depressive symptoms and children's externalizing behavior and whether they were moderated by preschool-age effortful control and gender. Mothers and teachers reported on 224 primarily White, middle-class children at ages 3, 5, and 10. Effortful control was assessed via…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Longitudinal Associations between Executive Control and Developing Mathematical Competence in Preschool Boys and Girls
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Clark, Caron A. C.; Sheffield, Tiffany D.; Wiebe, Sandra A.; Espy, Kimberly A. – Child Development, 2013
Executive control (EC) is related to mathematics performance in middle childhood. However, little is known regarding how EC and informal numeracy differentially support mathematics skill acquisition in preschoolers. A sample of preschoolers (115 girls, 113 boys), stratified by social risk, completed an EC task battery at 3 years, informal numeracy…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Self Control, Mathematics Achievement, Numeracy
Aversive Parenting in China: Associations with Child Physical and Relational Aggression
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Nelson, David A.; Hart, Craig H.; Yang, Chongming; Olsen, Joseph A.; Jin, Shenghua – Child Development, 2006
This study assessed the combined and differential contributions of Chinese mothers and fathers (in terms of spouse-reported physically coercive and psychologically controlling parenting) to the development of peer-reported physical and relational aggression in their preschool-age children (mean age of 5 years). Results of the two-group (boys and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Aggression, Parenting Styles
Social Competence, Social Support, and Attachment: Demarcation of Construct Domains, Measurement, and Paths of Influence for Preschool Children Attending Head Start.
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Bost, Kelly K.; Vaughn, Brian E.; Washington, Wanda Newell; Cielinski, Kerry L.; Bradbard, Marilyn R. – Child Development, 1998
Two studies tested a model relating social competence to social support and child-parent attachment for Head Start children. Results supported the conjecture that social competence should be viewed as hierarchically organized. A model consistent with causal pathways from attachment security to support networks and social competence, and from…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Causal Models, Interpersonal Competence, Measurement Techniques