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Park, Ye Rang; Nix, Robert L.; Gill, Sukhdeep; Hostetler, Michelle L. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
The present study examined what kind of parenting best supports toddlers' self-control in the context of poverty. Parents and toddlers (52% female; M[subscript age] = 2.60 years) in 117 families (35% White, 25% Black, 22% Latinx, 15% Multiracial, and 3% Asian; M family income = $1,845/month) engaged in structured interaction tasks, and toddlers…
Descriptors: Self Control, Poverty, Toddlers, Parenting Styles
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Bilir, Zeynep Topcu; Sop, Ayli?n; Çavus, Zeynep Seda; Basaran, Yagmur – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
Children's problem behaviour in the preschool period is a severe obstacle to social-emotional development and a precondition for maladjustment in social relationships during school life. Professionals in the field have been improving existing practices to prevent and intervene in young children's challenging behaviour. To this end, many…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Curriculum, Social Emotional Learning
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Housman, Donna K.; Denham, Susanne A.; Cabral, Howard – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
Neuroscientific advances and child development studies show 0-6 years represents a sensitive period for the development of emotional competence--the ability to identify, understand, express and regulate emotion, all foundational to self-regulation. Research suggests optimum teaching of emotional competence and self-regulation skills from birth is…
Descriptors: Young Children, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Self Control
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Waters, Sara F.; Hulette, Annmarie; Davis, Mindy; Bernstein, Rosemary; Lieberman, Alicia – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Prevention and amelioration of the myriad effects of toxic stress on child development is a significant public health concern. Scalable programmes to address this concern are lacking. Attachment Vitamins (AV) is a novel universal prevention programme for parents of young children that is trauma-informed and addresses toxic stress within a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Child Health, Prevention
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Kramer, Laurie – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Young children's relationships with their sisters and brothers offer unique and important opportunities for learning about emotions and developing emotional understanding. Through a critical analysis, this article examines sibling interaction in 3 different but normative contexts (conflict/conflict management, play, and…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Child Development, Emotional Development, Self Control
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Gloeckler, Lissy; Cassell, Jennifer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
This article explores how teachers can foster an environment that facilitates social problem solving when toddlers experience conflict, emotional dysregulation, and aggression. This article examines differences in child development and self-regulation outcomes when teachers engage in problem solving "for" toddlers and problem solving "with"…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Problem Solving, Conflict, Emotional Problems
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Neubauer, Anna; Gawrilow, Caterina; Hasselhorn, Marcus – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
A preschooler's ability to delay gratification in the waiting task is predictive of several developmental outcomes, despite this task's relatively low reliability level. Success in this task depends on the use of distraction strategies. The new Watch-and-Wait Task (WWT) has been developed to enhance reliability and to investigate whether the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Preschool Children, Delay of Gratification, Grade 1
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Feng, Xin; Shaw, Daniel S.; Moilanen, Kristin L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Models of developmental psychopathology emphasize both mediation and moderation processes among child and caregiving attributes; however, little research has examined both these processes simultaneously on the development of internalizing problems. This study tested a moderated mediation model that related early childhood shyness, emotion…
Descriptors: Shyness, Low Income, Psychopathology, Children
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Knox, Michele S.; Burkhart, Kimberly; Hunter, Kimberly E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
The ACT Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program (ACT-PRSK) is an interactive violence prevention program developed by the American Psychological Association for parents of young children. The program teaches and supports parents in the areas of child development, roots and consequences of violence, anger management for adults and…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Intervention, Family Violence, Child Abuse
Fagen, Stanley A.; Long, Nicholas J. – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1975
Describes an attempt, through a curriculum designed to promote self-control, to help children with social and emotional problems and to prevent such problems from developing. (EJT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Curriculum Design, Educational Therapy
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von Tetzchner, Stephen – Perspectives in Education, 2004
Challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities seems to emerge as the result of an interaction between biological vulnerability and environmental risk, and studies indicate that the development of this behaviour to some extent may be prevented through adaptations of the social environment. Early intervention should have a pivotal…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Social Environment, Prevention, Social Cognition