Publication Date
In 2024 | 18 |
Since 2023 | 100 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 524 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 1010 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 1304 |
Descriptor
Foreign Countries | 1304 |
Preschool Children | 429 |
Early Childhood Education | 267 |
Child Development | 261 |
Young Children | 242 |
Preschool Teachers | 241 |
Play | 233 |
Parent Child Relationship | 228 |
Mothers | 216 |
Correlation | 210 |
Teacher Attitudes | 176 |
More ▼ |
Source
Early Child Development and… | 1304 |
Author
Rentzou, Konstantina | 13 |
Uusiautti, Satu | 12 |
Gülay Ogelman, Hülya | 10 |
Li, Hui | 10 |
Reunamo, Jyrki | 9 |
Skouteris, Helen | 9 |
Acar, Ibrahim H. | 7 |
Kokkinaki, Theano | 7 |
Kotaman, Hüseyin | 7 |
Maatta, Kaarina | 7 |
Smidt, Wilfried | 7 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1304 |
Reports - Research | 1195 |
Reports - Evaluative | 71 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 34 |
Reports - Descriptive | 32 |
Information Analyses | 22 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
Reports - General | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Community | 1 |
Parents | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Researchers | 1 |
Location
Turkey | 128 |
Australia | 101 |
Sweden | 76 |
Finland | 73 |
United Kingdom (England) | 73 |
China | 58 |
Greece | 52 |
Canada | 48 |
South Africa | 48 |
Germany | 47 |
Hong Kong | 43 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
United Nations Convention on… | 10 |
Children Act 1989 (Great… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Ulutas Keskinkilic, Aysegül; Emre, Oguz; Cosanay, Burcu – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the predictive effect of problematic behaviours on cognitive tempo and attention level of 60-66 months old children attending preschool education institutions. The research data were obtained from 155 children between 60 and 66 months old attending independent kindergartens affiliated to the Ministry of National…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conceptual Tempo, Attention, Young Children
Alptekin, Ayse; Sarikaya, Aysegül; Güler, Mustafa – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between the social skills and creativity of children aged between 7 and 11 years. 312 children, aged 7-11 years and their mothers were the participants of the present study. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TToCT) Verbal and Nonverbal tasks fluency Form A was administered to the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Creativity, Elementary School Students, Mothers
Zhang, Heyi; Jiang, Liyun; Hong, Xiumin – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study examined the mechanisms by which family environment, parent--grandparent coparenting, effortful control, and early child-care experiences influenced young children's social adaptation in the Chinese context. A sample of 315 mothers of 2-3-year-olds (M = 33.36 months; SD = 5.10) in Beijing, China completed questionnaires to report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Care, Family Environment
Emen Parlatan, Meltem; Sigirtmaç, Ayperi Dikici – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aims to investigate the behaviors of young children in competitive games. A qualitative research design was used. Participants consisted of 14 children attending a kindergarten. In the process, children were involved in different types of competitive games. Sociometry was applied before the game procedure. The data obtained were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Games, Competition, Child Behavior
Tilbe, Yohannes Tigro; Gai, Xiaosong – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study investigated the relationship between teacher-child interaction quality and children's social-emotional and language development. Also considered was the level/status of classroom quality in preschool setting. Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K (CLASS Pre-K), the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA-P2), and Peabody…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Child Development, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Quality
Adamovic, Tatjana; Jurišic-Škevin, Aleksandra; Madic, Dejan; Sovilj, Mirjana; Jelicic, Ljiljana; Maksimovic, Slavica; Subotic, Miško – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study analysed whether the assessment of head righting reflex (HRR) in babies immediately after birth can be used in prediction of early child development. In 54 healthy newborns, testing of HRR was conducted on the third day upon birth. The HRR at birth were correlated with balance ability (BA), speech and language development (SLD) and…
Descriptors: Motor Reactions, Neonates, Prediction, Child Development
Newman, Shannon; McLoughlin, June; Skouteris, Helen; Blewitt, Claire; Melhuish, Edward; Bailey, Cate – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Many children start school developmentally vulnerable and struggle to keep up with their peers. Children experiencing socioeconomic-disadvantage are at higher risk of poor developmental outcomes. A high-quality education and wrap-around community-service model, such as the Doveton Model, at Doveton College, Australia, may improve outcomes for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Early Intervention, Preschool Education
Gago Galvagno, Lucas G.; De Grandis, María C.; Jaume, Luis C.; Elgier, Angel M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This research aims to address the contribution of the immediate contexts of the home in the development of regulatory skills, specifically executive functions and emotional regulation abilities in a Latin American context using direct behavioural measures. The sample consisted of 75 mother-infant dyads of 18-24 months belonging to homes and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Executive Function, Emotional Response, Self Control
Tabarsy, Beheshteh; Mirlashari, Jila; Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Alireza; Joolaee, Soodabeh; Brown, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The birth of preterm multiple new-borns, especially triplets or more, creates numerous psychological and clinical challenges for parents during the neonatal and infancy period. This study investigated parents' experiences of parenting preterm multiple-birth new-borns. A qualitative study was undertaken using an interpretive phenomenology study…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Child Rearing, Parent Attitudes, Neonates
Sabri, Nur 'Amirah 'Inani; Gan, Wan Ying; Law, Leh Shii; Chin, Yit Siew; Mohd Shariff, Zalilah – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The development of cognitive and motor skills early in life is essential for a child's global development and learning, which in turn influences later health and well-being. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the associations between sociodemographic factors and nutritional factors with cognitive and motor delays in infants aged 6-12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development
Pihlainen, Kaisa; Reunamo, Jyrki; Sajaniemi, Nina; Kärnä, Eija – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Quality factors are the subject of increasing interest in the research and practice of early childhood education and care (ECEC). The purpose of the article is to emphasize the importance of the children's voice in relation to the quality of ECEC. This article focuses on children's negative experiences of ECEC as they can be used to improve…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality, Preschool Children
Seven, Serdal; Yesilyurt, Ferahim; Seven, Zeynep Deniz – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The synchronization characteristics of mothers and their 3-year-old children living in large and nuclear family types were examined in a semi-structured play process. Grounded multi-case research was used. The participants of the study consisted of 12 mothers along with their 3-year-old children. Family type (extended and nuclear) and gender of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Play
Demetriou, Kyriakos – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This small-scale study aims to explore acceptance and preference dilemmas in choosing playmates with physical disability of typically developing 6-8-year-old Cypriot children. Eighteen participants were interviewed individually in a simple process involving scenarios and questions with the use of images of hypothetical peers with and without…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Play, Peer Acceptance
Marcu?, Oana; Martins, Eva Costa; Sassu, Raluca; Visu-Petra, Laura – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
When children are confronted with an emotional problem, affective flexibility mobilizes their cognitive and emotional resources to optimally address it. We investigated the contribution of executive functions to cognitive and affective flexibility in preschoolers. We assessed affective flexibility in 67 preschoolers (30 girls; M[subscript months]…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Predictor Variables
Veiga, Guida; O'Connor, Rachel; Neto, Carlos; Rieffe, Carolien – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Learning to regulate aggressive impulses is a significant developmental milestone for preschoolers. To date, there is no consensus about whether rough-and-tumble play (RTP) is positively or negatively related to the regulation of aggression. This study examined the relation of RTP with children's levels of emotion regulation and aggression. RTP of…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Self Control, Aggression