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The Development of Prosocial Behaviour in Early Childhood: Contributions of Early Parenting and Self-Regulation
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Williams, Kate E.; Berthelsen, Donna – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2017
This research considers the role of parenting practices and early self-regulation, on children's prosocial behaviour when they begin school. Data for 4007 children were drawn from "Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children" (LSAC). The analyses explored relations between self-reported parenting practices for…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Self Control, Prosocial Behavior
Exuberant and Inhibited Children: Person-Centered Profiles and Links to Social Adjustment
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Dollar, Jessica M.; Stifter, Cynthia A.; Buss, Kristin A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The current study aimed to substantiate and extend our understanding regarding the existence and developmental pathways of 3 distinct temperament profiles--exuberant, inhibited, and average approach--in a sample of 3.5-year-old children (n = 121). The interactions between temperamental styles and specific types of effortful control, inhibitory…
Descriptors: Child Development, Young Children, Interaction, Personality Traits
The Mindfulness-Enhanced Strengthening Families Program: Integrating Brief Mindfulness Activities and Parent Training within an Evidence-Based Prevention Program
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Coatsworth, J. Douglas; Duncan, Larissa G.; Berrena, Elaine; Bamberger, Katharine T.; Loeschinger, Daniel; Greenberg, Mark T.; Nix, Robert L. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2014
Teaching mindfulness to parents as well as adolescents through a family-centered intervention approach can have a positive impact on the parent-youth relationship. In mindful parenting, caretakers are aware of their own feelings and emotions, and interact with their adolescents in a mindful way by demonstrating emotional awareness, attentive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Attention Control, Parenting Styles, Self Concept
Child Emotion Regulation and Attentional Control in Pre-Kindergarten: Associations with Parental Stress, Parenting Practices, and Parent-Child Interaction Quality
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Mathis, Erin; Bierman, Karen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
This study focuses on three aspects of parenting that have been linked theoretically and empirically with the development of child emotion regulation and attention control skills in early childhood: 1) parental stress and distress, 2) the degree of warmth and sensitivity evident in the parent-child relationship, and 3) parental support for the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Disadvantaged Youth, Attention Control
Student Reflections as Artifacts of Self-Regulatory Behaviors for Learning: A Tale of Two Courses
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Bigenho, Christopher William – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The rapid growth of online and blended learning environments in both higher education and K-12, along with the development of innovative game based, narrative driven, problem-based learning (PBL) systems known as Alternate Reality Games (AltRG), has led to the need to understand student's abilities to self-regulate their learning behaviors…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Problem Based Learning, Educational Games
The Relations of Regulation and Emotionality to Resiliency and Competent Social Functioning in Elementary School Children.
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Eisenberg, Nancy; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Examined relations of children's regulation and emotionality to their social functioning. Found that resiliency mediated effects of individual differences in attentional regulation on social status and socially appropriate behavior, and that negative emotionality moderated the positive relation between attentional control and resiliency. Also…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention Control, Children, Emotional Development
Increasing Children's Self-Control through Cognitive Interventions.
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Pressley, Michael – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Research is reviewed on cognitive interventions which affect children's self-control. Five types of effective manipulations are discussed: self-verbalization; external verbalization; affect manipulation; cognitive transformation; and manipulation of attention. Self-control behaviors include modification of impulsive behaviors; delay of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention Control, Change Strategies, Cognitive Style