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Direct linkVivian Chau; Valsamma Eapen; Erinn Hawkins; Jane Kohlhoff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: There is growing interest in research understanding the individual-specific predictors of child callous-unemotional (CU) traits, particularly in early childhood. Objective: This study reviewed evidence from studies that investigated the relationship between early child temperament factors (between 0 and 3 years) and CU traits in…
Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Student Behavior, Personality Traits
Ghanbari, Saeed; Vahidi, Elahe; Behzadpoor, Samaneh; Goudarzi, Zahra; Ghabezi, Fateme – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is considered to be a key factor in the development of emotion regulation in children, which in turn plays an important role in their psychosocial functioning. This study aimed to explore the mediating role of children's emotion regulation in the relationship between parental reflective functioning and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mothers, Emotional Response, Self Control
Exploring Links between Social Competence, Immigrant Background, and Children's Preschool Adjustment
Federica Zava; Stefania Sette; Giovanni Maria Vecchio; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emma Baumgartner; Robert J. Coplan – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: In the present study, we investigated the roles of children's social competence and immigrant background in the prediction of the quality of children's relationships with peers and teachers and school adjustment. Participants were N = 212 children (M[subscript age] = 58.32 months, SD = 10.72; n = 98 with an immigrant background)…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Immigrants, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Eti, Inanç – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictive effects of maternal parenting styles and beliefs about emotions on the social skills and problem behaviours of preschoolers. The study involved 227 mothers of 3-6-year-old preschool children (M[subscript age] = 63 months). Two hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to determine to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Beliefs, Parent Attitudes
Susanna Salomäki; Niina Junttila; Sirkku Setänen; Päivi Rautava; Mira Huhtala; Marika Leppänen; Liisa Lehtonen; Riikka Korja – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study examined longitudinal associations between parental psychological distress (stress and depression) when the child was 2 to 4 years and a child's emotional and behavioural problems at ages 3 to 4, and social functioning (loneliness and social competence) at age 11 in very preterm born children. The participants were Finnish families of…
Descriptors: Parents, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology), Young Children
Yazdi-Ugav, Orly; Zach, Sima; Zeev, Aviva – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of the study was to characterize the relationships between behavior problems, academic achievement, and loneliness of students in the upper and lower thirds of a social skills classification. Participants were 733 students (359 boys and 374 girls) ages 9 to 14 years, 642 without learning disabilities (LDs) and 91 with LDs. Their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Children, Early Adolescents
Download full textGöker-Özdemir, Gizem; Sertelin-Mercan, Çare – African Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study aims to examine Child-Centered Play Therapy's effect on reducing behavioral problems in five- and six-year-old children living in Istanbul. The study was conducted with 20 children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Families applied for support to a play therapy room established in a primary school. A pre-test and post-test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play Therapy, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Whitaker, Anamarie A.; Yoo, Paul Y.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Duncan, Greg J.; Burchinal, Margaret – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Children's early environmental experiences are often considered highly influential for later life development. Yet, environmental contexts, such as the home and early care and education (ECE) setting, and multiple aspects of each setting, are not typically examined concurrently. In this study, we examined associations between cognitive stimulation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Preschool Education, Adults
Erkul, Raziye; Sonmez, Sibel – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2020
The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between social skills and problem behavior in preschool children and the relationship between predictive levels for social skills, social competence, and behavior; and also for problem behavior, social competence, and behavior. The sample of this study consists of 44 teachers preschools and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Psychological Patterns
Ellen Litkowski; Rhiannon Jones; Xiaofan Sun; Louisa Tarullo; Sara Bernstein – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
This research brief draws on data from the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey Programs (the 2021-2022 Study) to investigate associations between the well-being of Head Start children and families and factors related to the pandemic. Based on data collected from October 2021 to January…
Descriptors: Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics, Family (Sociological Unit)
Fabiano, Gregory A.; Naylor, Justin; Pelham, William E., Jr.; Gnagy, Elizabeth M.; Burrows-MacLean, Lisa; Coles, Erika; Chacko, Anil; Wymbs, Brian T.; Walker, Kathryn S.; Wymbs, Frances; Garefino, Allison; Mazzant, Jessica Robb; Sastry, Amber L.; Tresco, Katy E.; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Massetti, Greta M.; Waxmonsky, James – School Mental Health, 2022
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) receive supports and services in general and special education classrooms in schools. The present study aimed to report the contents of individualized education programs (IEPs) for children with ADHD and to compare the behavior of children with ADHD who had IEPs versus those with ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Individualized Education Programs, Student Behavior, Summer Programs
St. Joseph, Stephanie; Austin, Sean C.; Strickland-Cohen, Kathleen; Machalicek, Wendy; McIntosh, Kent – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2022
This brief provides an overview of how to identify and determine why a student may be avoiding or refusing to attend school, and ways that schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) teams can help to assess and address school refusal. We will introduce a research-based framework to engage in problem-solving to better support…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Collie, Rebecca J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
This study investigated the extent to which students' social-emotional basic psychological need satisfaction (of social-emotional autonomy, social competence, relatedness with students, and relatedness with teachers) is associated with their prosocial motivation and, in turn, behavioral and emotional well-being outcomes. For motivation, autonomous…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Prosocial Behavior, Well Being, Motivation
South, M.; Beck, J. S.; Lundwall, R.; Christensen, M.; Cutrer, E. A.; Gabrielsen, T. P.; Cox, J. C.; Lundwall, R. A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Understanding the cognitive and emotional mechanisms that link autistic traits and risk for suicide is a vital next step for research and clinical practice. This study included a broad sample of adult women (n = 74) who report finding social situations confusing and/or exhausting, and who score high on measures of autistic traits. Regardless of…
Descriptors: Females, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Suicide
Eskandari, Hossein; Vahdani Asadi, Mohammad Reza; Khodabandelou, Rouhollah – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
This correlational study investigates the relationship between mobile phone use among elementary school students in Iran during the COVID-19 epidemic, and its effect on emotional-behavioural functioning and academic and social competencies. A researcher-devised questionnaire, and the Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)-parental version, was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Handheld Devices, Psychological Patterns
