Parenting styles act as a risk or a protective factor for the development of aggressive behavior problems in children. Moreover, children with deficits in emotion regulation often show increased aggressive behaviors. Previous studies confirm that parenting style also contributes to the development of emotion dysregulation. The present longitudinal…

Significant socioeconomic disparities exist across the neighborhoods where children grow up today, which may exacerbate inequities in children's educational opportunities (Leventhal et al., 2015; Leventhal & Dupere, 2019; Mijs & Roe, 2021; Reardon et al., 2018). Prior research documents associations between neighborhood socioeconomic…

Consistent evidence points to the importance of the early childhood home environment for children's concurrent and subsequent development. Yet little is known about the long-term association between parental warmth in early childhood and children's social-emotional well-being in late childhood for children with and without disabilities. To explore…

This study was conducted to examine the predictor effect of parents' emotional literacy level on the emotion regulation and social problem-solving skills of children. The sample comprised 480 individuals, including 240 children aged 4-6 years, who attend independent kindergartens in Ankara province, and 240 parents. Data were collected using the…

The study aimed at exploring the levels of emotional regulation and social competence among kindergarten children. Further, the relationship between emotional regulation and social competence and its sub-domains: (overall emotional adjustment, social interactions with peers, and social interaction with adults). Furthermore, the significant…

A student must learn to read music notation, develop eye-hand-mind coordination, develop keen listening skills, develop team skills for playing in an ensemble, and develop the discipline to practice in music education. This research aims to connect the current research on music education with the lack of exploration and knowledge to create a theme…

This study aims to evaluate the roles of social-emotional development, academic grit and subjective well-being in reading-writing motivation. Altogether 582 fourth-grade primary school students were sampled and invited to complete four different scales. The findings are: (1) Social-emotional development is correlated with reading-writing…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the relationship between elementary school teachers' perception of emotional intelligence and their beliefs towards Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Teacher participants completed two self-report surveys: the Assessing Emotion Scale to measure perceived emotional intelligence and the Social…

Developmental theories and previous research have emphasized the significance of cooperation and self-control in middle childhood. The present study extends previous research by examining (a) the growth of cooperation and self-control as well as the relations between them in middle childhood (third to sixth grade) and (b) the extent to which…

The present study examined longitudinal associations between behavioral self-regulation and social-emotional functioning across four waves of measurement during the transition from preschool to kindergarten in a low-income sample. Participants included two cohorts of children (N = 558; 51% male). Children in both cohorts were 4 years old (Cohort…

The Competencies and sub-competencies of the Collaborative of Academic and Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) are very closely aligned to skills-based health education based on the National Health Education Standards and SHAPE America Grade Level Outcomes but miles apart when it comes to recognizability, perceived need, efficaciousness, and…

Although we know that children who are more frequently absent from school do less well academically, we know little about whether absences matter for other domains of development and whether the timing of their absences matter. In order to address these gaps in knowledge, we examined the experiences of 1,131 kindergartners (64% Hispanic, 7% Black,…

The study focused on Christian values education and holistic child development in a catholic school and a non-sectarian school both located in Isabela Province. Ten Christian values espoused in a Christian Values Education program was evaluated to be practiced and manifested and correlated to five holistic child development domains. A total of 100…

Teacher-child interactions provide an important context for children's development and learning. The study explored how teacher- and classroom-level factors were associated with quality of teacher-child interactions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We also investigated associations between teacher-child interactions and child outcomes.…

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between school readiness and adaptation problems of primary school first-grade students in the 2017-2018 academic year. In this study, correlational survey model was used. The sample of the study consists of 909 primary school students studying in Istanbul, Kayseri, Gaziantep and Van provinces…