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Shyness and Socio-Emotional Adjustment Difficulties in Urban Chinese Kindergartners: The Moderating Role of Child Effortful Control
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Zhu, Jingjing; Xiao, Bowen; Li, Yan; Xie, Mengyu; Zhang, Lingli – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The goal of the present study was to examine the moderating role of child effortful control (EC) in the relation between shyness and social-emotional adjustment difficulties among young Chinese children. Participants included 195 children (117 boys, 78 girls, Mage = 4.28 years, SD = 0.31) enrolled in 6 classes attending…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Urban Youth
Examining Effortful Control as a Moderator in the Association of Negative Parenting and Aggression among Hong Kong Chinese Preschoolers
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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Chang, Lei; Casas, Juan F. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers' use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children's effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Preschool Children, Aggression
Private Speech Moderates the Effects of Effortful Control on Emotionality
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Day, Kimberly L.; Smith, Cynthia L.; Neal, Amy; Dunsmore, Julie C. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: In addition to being a regulatory strategy, children's private speech may enhance or interfere with their effortful control used to regulate emotion. The goal of the current study was to investigate whether children's private speech during a selective attention task moderated the relations of their effortful control to their…
Descriptors: Speech, Preschool Children, Self Control, Emotional Response
Social Competence and Language Skills in Mandarin-English Bilingual Preschoolers: The Moderation Effect of Emotion Regulation
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Ren, Yonggang; Wyver, Shirley; Xu Rattanasone, Nan; Demuth, Katherine – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: The main aim of this study was to examine whether language skills and emotion regulation are associated with social competence and whether the relationship between English skills and social competence is moderated by emotion regulation in Mandarin-English bilingual preschoolers. The language skills of 96 children ages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Language Skills, Mandarin Chinese
Contributions of Attentional Control to Socioemotional and Academic Development
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Rueda, M. Rosario; Checa, Purificacion; Rothbart, Mary K. – Early Education and Development, 2010
Research Findings: Part of the attention system of the brain is involved in the control of thoughts, emotions, and behavior. As attentional control develops, children are more able to control cognition and responses flexibly and to adjust their behavior in social interactions better. In this article, we discuss evidence from different levels of…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Academic Achievement, Parents, Brain
The Role of Emotion Regulation in the Social Problems of Boys with Developmental Delays
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Wilson, Beverly J.; Fernandes-Richards, Siobhan; Aarskog, Cyrena; Osborn, Teresa; Capetillo, Darla – Early Education and Development, 2007
Parents and teachers reported that 6- to 8-year-old boys with developmental delays were less able to regulate their emotions than nondelayed boys matched on chronological age. Compared to nondelayed boys, boys with developmental delays had more social problems, which persisted and increased over a 3-year period. Children's ability to regulate…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Adjustment, Social Behavior, Males