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Asik-Ozturk, Manolya; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of children's social competence, aggression, and anxiety to their play behaviours with peers. A total of 149 preschoolers aged 36-73 months (M = 54.6 months, SD = 0.99; 50.3% girls) and their 46 teachers in Turkey recruited for the current study. Teachers reported on children's social…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Anxiety
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Özer, Irem Buselay; Yagli, Sevval Nur – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of the current study was to examine power assertive parental discipline and child difficult temperament as predictors of children's behaviour problems (internalizing, externalizing, and total behaviour problems) as well as mediating role of difficult temperament between power assertive parental discipline and children's behaviour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Power Structure
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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Acar, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to examine the associations between learning behaviours and social competencies of Turkish preschool children. The participants were a total of 140 children (59 girls) with the mean age of 62.56 months (SD = 8.52)enrolled in an urban school district in Turkey. Teachers reported on the children's learning…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Gonen, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Korkmaz, Aysel; Ucus, Sukran; Esteraich, Jan; Colgrove, Amy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Influence, Context Effect
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Pérez-González, Sam; Kutaka, Traci Shizu; Yildiz, Süleyman – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The current study is an examination of contributions of difficult temperament and qualities of parent-child relationship to Turkish children's peer relations, with a specific focus on the moderating role of parent-child relationships (closeness and conflict) on difficult temperament when predicting children's peer relations. Participants were 94…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Personality Problems, Child Behavior
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Ucus, Sukran; Acar, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Creative school environments use creative approaches in their curriculum, content, and teaching and learning. Considering that creativity is fostered by all elements of educational processes such as teachers, classrooms, and school environments, the purpose of the current study was to explore perceptions of Turkish student teachers in an early…
Descriptors: Creativity, Play, Freedom of Speech, Freehand Drawing
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Uçus, Sükran; Yildiz, Süleyman – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The current study is an examination of contributions of parenting styles and qualities of parent-child relationship (PCR) to Turkish children's externalizing and internalizing behaviours, with a specific focus on the moderating role of PCR (closeness and conflict) on parenting styles (authoritarian and democratic/authoritative) when predicting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior