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D'Souza, Stephanie; Stewart, Tom; Gerritsen, Sarah; Gibbons, Andrew; Duncan, Scott – Early Education and Development, 2023
Early childhood education and care (ECE) type (e.g., center-based care, home-based care, informal care) and quantity (i.e., time spent in ECE) have been linked to observed behavioral challenges in children. However, there is a dearth of research on this association in New Zealand. Using data from 6,536 children from the "Growing Up in New…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education, Behavior Problems
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Busch, J.; Cabrera, N.; Ialuna, F.; Buchmüller, T.; Leyendecker, B. – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: We assessed socio-emotional behavior, nonverbal reasoning, German receptive language, and motor skills of refugee children attending early childhood development [ECD] programs and of those who did not (N = 207, mean age = 69.4 months). Young refugee children overall demonstrated lower levels of development and more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Rademacher, Annika; Goagoses, Naska; Schmidt, Sören; Zumbach, Jelena; Koglin, Ute – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: A successful transition from preschool to elementary school requires a high level of behavioral adaptation. The aim of our study was to analyze child-related factors in preschool that facilitate a positive behavioral adaptation in the transitional period to elementary school. A cluster analysis was conducted with the data from…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Student Adjustment, Student Promotion
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Wirth, Astrid; Ehmig, Simone C.; Drescher, Nadja; Guffler, Sabrina; Niklas, Frank – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research findings: Developing adequate socioemotional competencies is of great relevance for later health and academic outcomes. Shared book reading creates valuable social situations that provide opportunities to talk about characters' emotions and social interactions with children and thus might contribute to children's socioemotional…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Emergent Literacy, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Willard, Jessica A.; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2020
This study examined how quantity and quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) are related to the socio-emotional adjustment of children born in Germany (30-48 months old, N = 395). Previous research focused on a small set of ECEC features, used broad measures, and yielded inconclusive results. We assessed ECEC quantity (age at entry,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Social Development
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Searle, Amelia Kate; Miller-Lewis, Lauren R.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter A. – Early Education and Development, 2013
The aim of this prospective study was to identify preschool factors that are associated with children's classroom engagement during their 1st school year. The study was guided by a social-motivational process model that highlights the importance of parent-child and teacher-child relationships in promoting engagement. In preschool, parents and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Kindergarten, Learner Engagement, Parent Child Relationship