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Teachers' Consistency of Emotional Support Moderates the Association between Young Children's Regulation Capacities and Their Preschool Adjustment
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Bailey, Craig S.; Ondrusek, Ashlin R.; Curby, Timothy W.; Denham, Susanne A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Preschool teachers' consistency of warm, sensitive, and responsive interactions with children may be more important than average levels and may moderate the association between children's cognitive and emotion regulation and their preschool adjustment. A sample of 312 boys and girls aged 32-68 months in 44 classrooms at 16 privately-funded centers…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Low Income Students
Key Considerations in Assessing Young Children's Emotional Competence
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Denham, Susanne A.; Ferrier, David E.; Howarth, Grace Z.; Herndon, Kristina J.; Bassett, Hideko H. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2016
Recent years have witnessed a surge in evidence on preschoolers' emotional development as crucial for both concurrent and later well-being and mental health, and for learning and academic success. Given the importance of building such strengths, assessing emotional competence skills is important to aid early childhood educators in focusing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Development, Emotional Adjustment
The Role of Gender in the Socialization of Emotion: Key Concepts and Critical Issues
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Root, Amy Kennedy; Denham, Susanne A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2010
Given the omnipresent role of gender in children's and adolescents' development, it seems necessary to better understand how gender affects the process of emotion socialization. In this introductory chapter, the authors discuss the overarching themes and key concepts discussed in this volume, as well as outline the distinct contribution of each…
Descriptors: Socialization, Role, Gender Differences, Emotional Development
A Social-Emotional Intervention for At-Risk 4-Year-Olds.
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Denham, Susanne A.; Burton, Rosemary – Journal of School Psychology, 1996
Implemented a social-emotional intervention for at-risk 4-year-olds in seven day-care classes. Teachers were trained to perform activities associated with relationship building. Compared to children who did not experience the intervention, children who had it were observed showing decreases in negative emotion, greater involvement, and more…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Children, Day Care
Emotional Communication between Mothers and Preschoolers: Relations with Emotional Competence.
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Denham, Susanne A.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
Examined effects of emotional communication on preschoolers' emotional competence. Found that the regularities in emotional communication between mothers and their preschool children are associated with variations in the children's emotional competence. In particular, children who witnessed higher level maternal sadness or anger, or responded…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
Dealing with Feelings: Foundations and Consequences of Young Children's Emotional Competence.
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Denham, Susanne A. – Early Education and Development, 2001
Summarizes this special issue on how children develop emotional and social strengths, as well as difficulties. Highlights three areas of focus among the seven articles: (1) the relation of emotional competence to social competence; (2) the socialization of emotional competence; and (3) attachment as the foundation. (SD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Competence, Developmental Psychology