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Yue, Yaping; Yuan, Haojie; Tan, Beijia; Wu, Dandan – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study aims to explore the possible mediators between social support and parenting competence in Chinese mothers of preschoolers. Altogether 538 Chinese mothers were sampled and surveyed with the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Psychological Capital Scale (PCS-24), and the Chinese versions of the Parenting Sense of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Social Support Groups, Parenting Skills
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Han, Jinjoo; O'Connor, Erin E.; McCormick, Meghan P.; McClowry, Sandee G. – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: Home-based involvement--defined as the actions parents take to promote children's learning outside of school--is often the most efficient way for low-income parents to be involved with their children's education. However, there is limited research examining the factors predicting home-based involvement at kindergarten entry for…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Low Income Groups, Kindergarten, Parent Participation
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Jeon, Lieny; Buettner, Cynthia K.; Hur, Eunhye – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This exploratory study identified preschool teacher quality profiles in early childhood education settings using 9 indicators across teachers' professional background, observed process quality, and job attitudes toward teaching (e.g., job-related stress, satisfaction, and intention to leave the job). The sample consisted of 96…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
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Buettner, Cynthia K.; Jeon, Lieny; Hur, Eunhye; Garcia, Rachel E. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Early care and education has pronounced implications for young children's social-emotional learning. Although program structural and classroom process quality indicators have been widely explored, teachers' personal social-emotional capacity has only recently been recognized as an indicator of quality. This study reviewed and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Vitiello, Virginia E.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Munis, Pelin; George, J'Lene – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine whether approaches to learning significantly mediated relations between cognitive flexibility (a component of executive functions) and school readiness in Head Start preschoolers. A total of 191 children from 22 Head Start classrooms were directly assessed on cognitive flexibility and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Persistence, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children