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von Suchodoletz, Antje; Barza, Lydia; Larsen, Ross A. A. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2020
Teacher-child interactions provide an important context for children's development and learning. The study explored how teacher- and classroom-level factors were associated with quality of teacher-child interactions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We also investigated associations between teacher-child interactions and child outcomes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Kindergarten
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McGregor, Hadley A.; Sanner, Catherine M.; Neece, Cameron L. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: Children with developmental delays (DD), particularly autism spectrum disorders (ASD), are at high risk for increased levels of behavior problems and developing internalizing problems. While previous literature has highlighted the impact of parental stress on the development of behavioral problems broadly in children with DD,…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, At Risk Persons
Chen, Jing; Jiang, Hui; Justice, Laura M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Purtell, Kelly M.; Ansari, Arya – Grantee Submission, 2020
Interactions with teachers and peers are critical for children's social, behavioral, and academic development in the classroom context. However, these two types of interpersonal interactions in the classroom are usually pursued via separate lines of inquiries. The current study bridges these two areas of research to examine the way in which…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Preschool Children
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Guo, Ying; Tompkins, Virginia; Justice, Laura; Petscher, Yaacov – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship between classroom age composition and preschoolers' vocabulary gains over an academic year and also to examine whether these relations were moderated by classroom quality. In this study (N = 130 children in 16 classrooms representing a subset of all children…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Age Differences, At Risk Students, Preschool Children
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Evans, Cortney A.; Nelson, Larry J.; Porter, Christin L.; Nelson, David A.; Hart, Craig H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study assesses the relationships between children's shy and antisocial/aggressive behaviors and maternal beliefs, and concomitant parenting behaviors. Structural equation models examined 199 mothers' perceptions of aggression and shyness in their preschool-age children (average age = 59.63 months); maternal beliefs (i.e., locus of control,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Shyness, Child Rearing, Mothers
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Reichow, Brian; Barton, Erin E.; Good, Leslie; Wolery, Mark – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of wearing a pressure vest for a young boy with developmental delays. An A-B-A withdrawal design was used to examine the relation between wearing the pressure vest and child behaviors during a preschool art activity. Although the data showed moderate variability, no systematic differences were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Developmental Delays, Behavior Problems, Intervention
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Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Larsen, Kylie M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been used to minimize children's disruptive requesting for teacher attention (e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, & Heal, 2006). The present study evaluated the effectiveness of, and children's preferences for, two multiple-schedule arrangements in which…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Behavior Modification, Preschool Children, Student Behavior
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McCabe, Kristen M.; Goehring, Kelly; Yeh, May; Lau, Anna S. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2008
Research conducted with non-Hispanic Whites indicates that parents of preschoolers with behavioral problems are more likely to have an external locus of control regarding parenting than parents whose preschoolers are free of such problems. However, it is unclear whether such research can be generalized to Mexican American families, especially…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Behavior Problems, Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students
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Guralnick, Michael J.; Hammond, Mary A.; Connor, Robert T. – Early Education and Development, 2006
It has been well established that young children with communication disorders (CD) have considerable difficulties interacting socially with peers in free-play settings. The central purpose of this study was to determine whether behavioral adaptations of children with CD could contribute to their peer interaction problems. To accomplish this, the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interaction, Family Characteristics, Familiarity