Conference paper
The relationship between children's emotional and cognitive self-regulation at 2 to 3 years and prosocial behavior in the early years of school
Empowering Children's Empathy via Early Childhood Education, pp.418-431
Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) Annual Conference, 14th (Seoul, Korea, 04-Jul-2013 - 06-Jul-2013)
Ewha Womans University
2013
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title
- The relationship between children's emotional and cognitive self-regulation at 2 to 3 years and prosocial behavior in the early years of school
- Authors
- Donna C Berthelsen (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKate E Williams (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- K Park (Editor)Y Hong (Editor)
- Publication details
- Empowering Children's Empathy via Early Childhood Education, pp.418-431
- Conference details
- Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) Annual Conference, 14th (Seoul, Korea, 04-Jul-2013 - 06-Jul-2013)
- Publisher
- Ewha Womans University
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99996897102621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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