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The Moderating Effect of Children's Language Abilities on the Relation between Their Shyness and Play Behavior during Peer Play
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Jahng, Kyung Eun – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study was intended to examine the relationship between children's shyness and play behaviour during peer play, and the moderating effect of the level of children's language development. Participants were 229 South Korean children aged 48-53 months. The results of the study are as follows. Children's shyness was negatively associated with…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Shyness, Play, Child Behavior
Child Care Quality and Children's Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Development: An Australian Longitudinal Study
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Gialamas, Angela; Mittinty, Murthy N.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Lynch, John – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
There is growing evidence that high-quality non-parental child care can contribute to children's learning, development and successful transition to school. Research examining the quality of child care and the effect on children's development is not well documented outside the USA. We used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Child Care, Emotional Development
Relationship between Emergent Literacy and Early Social-Emotional Development in Preschool Children from Low-Income Backgrounds
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Tan, Minghua; Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Sixty-one preschool children and their parents and teachers participated in a cross-sectional study of the social-emotional correlates of emergent literacy skills. The children's emergent literacy skills were assessed with the standard language and literacy tests: "Expressive Vocabulary Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test" (third…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Children
Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine: Moderating Effects of Low Birth Weight on Behavioral Outcomes
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Bono, Katherine E.; Sheinberg, Nurit – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study examined the moderating effect of low birth weight on the effectiveness of an early intervention program to improve cognitive, language and behavioral outcomes for children prenatally exposed to cocaine. Participants included 293 primarily minority, low SES children who were enrolled in the intervention during their first year and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Early Intervention, Prosocial Behavior, Cocaine