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Family context of low-income young children and their self-regulation in the United States and Turkey    
Yazarlar
Mefharet Veziroğlu Çelik
İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Aıleen Garcıa
İbrahim Hakkı Acar
Özyeğin Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mübeccel Sara Gönen
Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Helen Raıkes
Aysel Korkmaz
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Şükran UÇUŞ GÜLDALI
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Jan Esteraich
Amy Colgrove
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
American children | early childhood | family context | Self-regulation | Turkish children
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Early Child Development and Care
Dergi ISSN 0300-4430
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2020
Cilt No 190
Sayı 11
Sayfalar 1712 / 1724
Doi Numarası 10.1080/03004430.2018.1548442
Makale Linki https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004430.2018.1548442