Author
Celik, M. V., Garcia, A., Acar, İbrahim Hakkı, Gonen, M., Raikes, H., Korkmaz, A., Ucus, S., Esteraich, J., Colgrove, A.
Publication Date
2020-08-17
Publication Place
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Taylor & Francis
Subject
Self-regulation, American children, Turkish children, Family context, Early childhood
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0300-4430
Record ID
66fd2daa-6418-4ab2-9d6b-8dfab744a9bc
Library Location
Psychology
Date
2020-08-17
Sample Text
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.
DOI
10.1080/03004430.2018.1548442
Cilt
190
