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Perceived Parental Stress in Face of Kindergarten Children's Academic Setback: Roles of Parents' Goals and Education
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Tang, Elaine; Cheng, Rebecca Wing-yi; Fung, Wing-kai – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
Previous research studies have demonstrated the link between parents' education and parental stress level. However, these studies have not taken parents' goal orientation into consideration. Based on the framework of goal orientation theory, we examined how parents' goals would interact with parents' education to affect perceived parental stress…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Stress Variables, Kindergarten, Young Children
Stressors and Psychological Distress: Music Listening as a Coping Strategy for Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers
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Kong, Siu-hang; Wong, Wik-ki – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
Against the backdrop of the worldwide spread of COVID-19, this study aims to validate a model for coping with psychological distress and examine the effect of music listening, as a coping strategy, in moderating and lessening the effects of stressors on psychological distress. Based on 198 returned questionnaires from preservice kindergarten…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Management, Stress Variables
Links between Coping Strategies and Depressive Symptoms among Girls and Boys during the Transition to Primary School
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Wong, Mun; Power, Thomas G. – Early Education and Development, 2019
This longitudinal study examined the association between Chinese children's coping strategies and depressive symptoms within the context of the transition from preschool to primary school in Hong Kong. Research Findings: Principal component analyses of children's strategies for coping with stress during the transition to school revealed three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Student Adjustment, Depression (Psychology)
Transition to Early Childhood Education: Parents' Use of Coping Strategies in Dealing with Children's Adjustment Difficulties in Hong Kong
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Lam, Mei Seung – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
The transition from home to early childhood education can be stressful for both children and parents. How parents cope with this potentially stressful event affects both the children's adaptation and the parents' lives during the preschooler stage of the family lifecycle. This paper examines how parents respond to their children's adjustment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Coping, Early Childhood Education
A Longitudinal Study of Children's Voices in Regard to Stress and Coping during the Transition to School
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Wong, Mun – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study explores (1) how parental and teacher scaffolding and children's coping strategies contribute to children's adjustment during the transition from preschool to school; and (2) how children's perception of stress and coping are constructed over time. The sample included 216 six-year-old children, their parents and teachers. The parents,…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Coping
The Culture of Teaching in the Midst of Western Influence: The Case of Hong Kong Kindergartens
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Li, Yuen Ling – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
Kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong are often criticised for not putting early childhood education theory into practice after their in-service training. It appears that they may be too concerned about academic work and discipline in the classroom and neglect to create a coherent vision of early childhood education. It might be suggested that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education