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Direct linkSüleyman Avci; Mustafa Özgenel; Akif Avcu; Meltem Bayram – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
This study was conducted with a total of 1496 students in 8 secondary schools in Istanbul and examines the personal, motivational, volitional, and contextual factors that influence homework procrastination behavior. Hierarchical linear analysis was used to analyze student-level and class-level data. Results indicated that conscientiousness was the…
Descriptors: Time Management, Homework, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Yamamoto, Noriko; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The present study examined gender differences in kindergarten students' ability for behavioural self-regulation and executive function in East Japan. One hundred and eleven 5-year-old children were assessed on behavioural self-regulation, inhibitory, and working memory tasks (direct measurement). Children's responses to the teacher's instructions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Executive Function, Self Control
Download full textErika Lunkenheimer; Carlomagno Panlilio; Frances M. Lobo; Sheryl L. Olson; Catherine M. Hamby – Grantee Submission, 2019
Task persistence is related to attentional regulation and is needed for the successful transition to school. Understanding preschoolers' task persistence with caregivers could better inform the development and prevention of attention problems across this transition. Preschoolers' real-time task persistence profiles during problem-solving tasks…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Attention, Persistence
Wainryb, Cecilia; Pasupathi, Monisha; Bourne, Stacia; Oldroyd, Kris – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The study's goals were twofold: (a) to examine the effectiveness of narrating an angry experience, compared with relying on distraction or mere reexposure to the experience, for anger reduction across childhood and adolescence, and (b) to identify the features of narratives that are associated with more and less anger reduction for younger and…
Descriptors: Narration, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Stress Management
Nelson, Timothy D.; Nelson, Jennifer Mize; James, Tiffany D.; Clark, Caron A. C.; Kidwell, Katherine M.; Espy, Kimberly Andrews – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The transition to elementary school is accompanied by increasing demands for children to regulate their attention and behavior within the classroom setting. Executive control (EC) may be critical for meeting these demands; however, few studies have rigorously examined the association between EC and observed classroom behavior. This study examined…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Student Behavior, Preschool Children
Sinha, Joanna M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Prominent theorists assert that engaging in sociodramatic play is an essential activity for the development of self-regulation. This study proposed the use of sociodramatic play as an intervention tool for building self-regulation in kindergartners. In this study, two sociodramatic play intervention paradigms were compared to a control group. In…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Kindergarten, Young Children, Self Control
Young, Susan – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: The objectives of the current study were to ascertain feasibility and acceptability of directly delivering a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention for inattentive children in a school setting, to examine the reliability of the RATE-C Questionnaires that accompany the program, and to determine whether they can be used to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Cameron Ponitz, C. E.; McClelland, M. M.; Jewkes, A. M.; Connor, C. M.; Farris, C. L.; Morrison, F. J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Behavioral aspects of self-regulation, including controlling and directing actions, paying attention, and remembering instructions, are critical for successful functioning in preschool and elementary school. In recent years, several direct assessments of these skills have appeared, but few studies provide complete psychometric data and many are…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Construct Validity, Interrater Reliability, Preschool Children
Cornish, Kim; Sudhalter, Vicki; Turk, Jeremy – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a well-recognized cause of mental retardation and developmental delay in males. Alongside the well-documented clinical characteristics of the condition, recent advances in technology and methodology have begun to define FXS at a number of different levels: genetic, brain structure and function, cognition, and behavior.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Inhibition, Developmental Delays, Genetic Disorders
