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The More Familiar the Others, the Higher the Morality: Children's Preference for Familiar Others in Moral Expectations Early Appears in the Negative Moral Context
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Zhang, Wenjie; Liang, Geying; Guo, Zimei; Liu, Yi; Fan, Wei – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In order to explore the development mechanism of construction theory in the field of moral judgment, this study investigated the influence of age and social distance on such moral expectations in positive moral context and negative moral context. In both positive and negative moral contexts, 5-6-year-old children had the highest moral expectations…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Age Differences, Young Children, Expectation
An Exploratory Cross-Cultural Study: Fathers' Early Involvement with Infants
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Yeh, Chia Jung; Ballard, Sharon; Bian, Hui; Singh, Ajay; Chung, Chih-hung; Hwang, Shann Hwa; Moore, Lin; Samermit, Potchanat; Thongsaeng, Pimara – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This research study recruited 107 fathers from the United States (n = 31), Taiwan (n = 36), and Thailand (n = 37) to examine fathers' involvement in daily caregiving and engagement tasks, as well as fathers' accessibility to their infant(s) during weekdays and the weekend. Results indicated that the most influential demographic variables on father…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fathers, Parent Participation, Infants
Musical Learning as a Contributing Factor in the Development of Socio-Emotional Competence in Children Aged 4 and 5: An Exploratory Study in a Naturalistic Context
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Boucher, Helene; Gaudette-Leblanc, Aimee; Raymond, Julie; Peters, Valerie – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Research has shown that young children's socio-emotional development may benefit from participating in a music programme. In this study, we explored the association between participation in a general music programme and the development of socio-emotional skills in relation to the duration of the programme. Children aged 4 and 5 (N=50), from a low…
Descriptors: Music Education, Emotional Development, Social Development, Preschool Children
Family Context of Low-Income Young Children and Their Self-Regulation in the United States and Turkey
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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Gonen, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Korkmaz, Aysel; Ucus, Sukran; Esteraich, Jan; Colgrove, Amy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children's self-regulation (behaviour regulation and executive function) in the United States and Turkey. Participants were 1139 low-income children (486 from the U.S. and 653 from Turkey) and their parents. Children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Influence, Context Effect
Hong Kong Children's Concept of Distributive Justice.
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Wong, Mun M. A.; Nunes, Terezinha – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
This study investigated whether kindergartners would advocate sharing toys equally across situations or on the basis of recipients' characteristics, and whether each group member would be counted as one unit for allocation across situations. Findings indicated that kindergartners tended to allocate more blocks to a younger child than to a same-age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Context Effect