Family context of low-income young children and their self-regulation in the United States and Turkey
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, cilt.190, sa.11, ss.1712-1724, 2020 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 190 Sayı: 11
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1548442
- Dergi Adı: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1712-1724
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Self-regulation, American children, Turkish children, family context, early childhood, REGULATION ASSESSMENT PSRA, 1ST 3 YEARS, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, EFFORTFUL CONTROL, SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS, EARLY-CHILDHOOD, PRESCHOOLERS, PREDICTORS, BEHAVIOR, OUTCOMES
- Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children's self-regulation (behaviour regulation and executive function) in the United States and Turkey. Participants were 1139 low-income children (486 from the U.S. and 653 from Turkey) and their parents. Children's self-regulation was assessed via structured tasks and family related variables such as life events, home environments, and demographic information were assessed via parent-report. Results from regression analyses showed that child's age-predicted behaviour regulation and executive function in children both from the U.S. and Turkey. Child gender, favouring girls predicted behaviour regulation and executive function and parent-child verbal interaction was associated with behaviour regulation only in the U.S. Family structure (favouring living in a two-parent household) predicted executive function and economic change predicted behaviour regulation in Turkey. Contributions and future directions were also discussed.