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Heyi Zhang; Xueli Yin; Xiao Yu; Winnie Sin Wai Pui; Yinghe Chen – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Overparenting is an emerging topic in parenting research and has gained increasing attention in media. Most studies have focused on adolescents and young adults in Western countries, while it remains unclear whether overparenting is related to young children's outcomes in non-Western contexts. The present study aimed to examine the mechanism by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Parents, Child Rearing
Harry Kipkemoi Bett – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic had far-reaching effects on school-going children. With the indefinite closure of schools in many parts of the world, many children found themselves with limited avenues for play and interaction. The current qualitative study, anchored on social capital theory, aimed at investigating the informal learning that took place as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Rural Areas, COVID-19
Mengyan Fang; Runke Huang; Zuofei Geng – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Executive function (EF) is essential for developing social competence (SC) in early childhood. However, previous research has primarily taken a general perspective of SC and overlooked its components. Furthermore, although EF and SC are known to influence each other across childhood, the mechanisms of this interaction remain unclear. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence, Correlation
Orr, Edna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Repetition is a salient strategy used by human and non-human cohorts for learning and controlling behavior. It this research project, a case study was conducted to explore deliberate voluntary repetition in younger cohorts during their spontaneous solitary play with single or multiple objects. Two main types of repetition -- blocked and random --…
Descriptors: Repetition, Play, Infants, Object Manipulation
Tarman, Ilknur; Erbay, Filiz; Durmusoglu-Saltali, Neslihan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This research was carried out with the aim of revealing the relationship between preschool children's biophilia (BF: innate tendency to connect with nature) levels and psychological resilience (PR) in the context of age and gender variables. The sample of the study consists of 202 children aged between 48-72 months selected from preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
Peter Kutnick; Jen Colwell – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Reviews concerning the enhancement of preschool children's social competencies reveal areas within which teacher approach, definitions of social competence and methods of study can be enhanced. In response, teachers and researchers co-developed and introduced a peer-based relational intervention to support children's communication, empathic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Interpersonal Competence
Tian Yang; Ye Zhang – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for people, including young children. This study focuses on how teachers and parents foster children's prosocial behaviours during online learning amidst the pandemic. Data were sourced from 100 articles on WeChat Official Service/Subscription Accounts (WOSA) -- a popular Chinese social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Prosocial Behavior
McTaggart, Veronica; McGill, Rosemary; Stephens, Simon – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
While studies have used assessments on gender differences regarding social and emotional development, there remains a lack of research on the abilities as well as difficulties that are expressed by pre-school aged boys and girls. This study examines the influence of gender on the development of social and emotional competencies during pre-school.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Gender Differences, Preschool Children
Zarra-Nezhad, Maryam; Pakdaman, Fatemeh; Moazami-Goodarzi, Ali – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study examined the effectiveness of child-centered group play therapy (CCGPT) and narrative therapy in reducing separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and boosting social-emotional behaviours in early childhood (2.5-4-year-olds). An 8-week-randomized controlled trial design with three intervention groups, i.e. CCGPT, narrative therapy, and a…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Separation Anxiety, Intervention, Social Emotional Learning
Haglund, Björn; Boström, Lena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Research directed at institutions focusing on diverse aspects of childrens social and cognitive development outside school is a growing field. This article discusses Swedish school-age educare centres for children between 6-12 years of age before and after school. These centres are regarded as important for young children's learning and care,…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Educational Quality, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Emen Parlatan, Meltem; Sigirtmaç, Ayperi Dikici – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aims to investigate the behaviors of young children in competitive games. A qualitative research design was used. Participants consisted of 14 children attending a kindergarten. In the process, children were involved in different types of competitive games. Sociometry was applied before the game procedure. The data obtained were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Games, Competition, Child Behavior
Alwaely, Suad Abdalkareem; Yousif, Nagwa Babiker Abdalla; Mikhaylov, Alexey – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This work aims to determine the relationship between the emotional development variables and later adaptation in society for preschoolers living in Omdurman, Sudan. The secondary objective is to study the socio-emotional problems the 4-year-old boys and girls coming from families with different structure deal with. The article is based on a study…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Preschool Children, Social Development, Family Structure
Meylia, Kiki Nur; Siswati, Tri; Paramashanti, Bunga Astria; Hati, Febrina Suci – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Child growth and development are important aspects of the quality of human capital in future. This study aimed to examine the association between stunting and fine motor, gross motor, and social independence development among children under the age of five years old. We included a total of 525 children from district level survey in Sedayu…
Descriptors: Child Development, Psychomotor Skills, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Catalano, Horatiu; Campbell-Barr, Verity – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
At preschool age, it is generally accepted that children's main pursuit is play. In particular, pretend play has a major role in supporting a preschooler's learning processes. Early pretend play involves object substitution, before later progressing to the incorporation of invisible objects. The purpose of the presented study was to validate that…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
Developmental Implications of Preschool Children's Affective Experiences during Organized Activities
Ren, Lixin; Wang, Suqing; Mang, Lingyun – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study examined Chinese preschoolers' affective experiences during organized activities. One-on-one child interviews were conducted in which children were asked to rate their general affect during each organized activity in which they participated, and then provide reasons for their responses. Child-reported emotional engagement was related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Experience