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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Gonen, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Korkmaz, Aysel; Ucus, Sukran; Esteraich, Jan; Colgrove, Amy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children's self-regulation (behaviour regulation and executive function) in the United States and Turkey. Participants were 1139 low-income children (486 from the U.S. and 653 from Turkey) and their parents. Children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Influence, Context Effect
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Kuntoro, Ike Anggraika; Saraswati, Liliek; Peterson, Candida; Slaughter, Virginia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
We investigated cultural influences on young children's acquisition of social-cognitive concepts. A theory of mind (ToM) scale (Wellman & Liu, 2004) was given to 129 children (71 boys, 58 girls) ranging in age from 3 years 0 months to 7 years 10 months. The children were from three distinct cultural groups: (a) trash pickers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory of Mind, Middle Class, Native Language
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Laosa, Luis M. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Considers the mutual relevance of four themes: cultural diversity, construct validity, population generalizability, and professional ethics. Addresses the expanding need for sustained efforts to articulate the complex issues and emerging implications of the new realities of human diversity. Includes a review of previous literature, an assessment…
Descriptors: Children, Construct Validity, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences