The relationship between children's emotional and cognitive self-regulation at 2 to 3 years and prosocial behavior in the early years of school


Autoria(s): Berthelsen, Donna C.; Williams, Kate Elizabeth
Data(s)

01/07/2013

Resumo

This study used data from Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) to investigate how parent report of children’s emotional and cognitive regulation at age 2-3 years was associated with teacher ratings of children’s prosocial behaviors in the early years of school. A sample of 2,392 children was drawn from the LSAC Birth Cohort for the analyses. The analyses used structural equation modeling to estimate parameters of the relationships between key variables. Within the model, estimates of mother-reported emotional and cognitive regulation at age 2 to 3 years were significantly associated with teacher-reported prosocial behavior at 6 to 7 years. Emotional regulation was a slightly stronger indicator of prosocial behavior than cognitive regulation. Being female and from a family with a higher socioeconomic position were also associated with higher levels of prosocial behavior. Results are discussed in relation to the role of early childhood teachers in fostering children’s self-regulatory behaviors and in providing environments in which empathic and prosocial behaviors are modeled, guided, and scaffolded so that foundations are laid for caring behaviors to be understood and internalized by children.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61564/

Publicador

Ewha Womans University and Educational Research Institute

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61564/4/61564.pdf

http://pecerakorea.cafe24.com/pecera2013/

Berthelsen, Donna C. & Williams, Kate Elizabeth (2013) The relationship between children's emotional and cognitive self-regulation at 2 to 3 years and prosocial behavior in the early years of school. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association: Empowering Children's Empathy via Early Childhood Education, Ewha Womans University and Educational Research Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul. (In Press)

Direitos

Copyright 2013 [please consult the author]

Fonte

Faculty of Education; School of Early Childhood

Palavras-Chave #130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) #170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing #self-regulation #empathy #prosocial #early childhood #LSAC
Tipo

Conference Paper