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Attachment Predicts College Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills for Working with Infants, Toddlers, and Families
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Vallotton, Claire D.; Torquati, Julia; Ispa, Jean; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Henk, Jennifer; Fusaro, Maria; Peterson, Carla A.; Roggman, Lori A.; Stacks, Ann M.; Cook, Gina; Brophy-Herb, Holly – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Adults' attitudes about attachment relationships are central to how they perceive and respond to children. However, little is known about how attachment styles are related to teachers' attitudes toward and interactions with infants and toddlers. From a survey of 207 students taking early childhood (EC) courses at 4 U.S.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Predictor Variables, Knowledge Level
Parent Engagement and School Readiness: Effects of the Getting Ready Intervention on Preschool Children's Social-Emotional Competencies
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Sheridan, Susan M.; Knoche, Lisa L.; Edwards, Carolyn P.; Bovaird, James A.; Kupzyk, Kevin A. – Early Education and Development, 2010
Research Findings: Parental engagement with children has been linked to a number of adaptive characteristics in preschool children, and relationships between families and professionals are an important contributor to school readiness. Furthermore, social-emotional competence is a key component of young children's school readiness. This study…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children
Academic Competence in Preschool: Exploring the Role of Close Relationships and Anxiety
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Wood, Jeffrey J. – Early Education and Development, 2007
This study tested a conceptual model of a psychosocial pathway to academic competence in preschool. Developmental theory and research with older children suggest that social and psychological factors could have a significant impact on young children's learning and school readiness. Children in 3 preschool classrooms (N = 31) participated. Mothers'…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Peer Acceptance, School Readiness, Preschool Curriculum
Dealing with Feelings: Foundations and Consequences of Young Children's Emotional Competence.
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Denham, Susanne A. – Early Education and Development, 2001
Summarizes this special issue on how children develop emotional and social strengths, as well as difficulties. Highlights three areas of focus among the seven articles: (1) the relation of emotional competence to social competence; (2) the socialization of emotional competence; and (3) attachment as the foundation. (SD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Competence, Developmental Psychology