NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tarman, Ilknur; Erbay, Filiz; Durmusoglu-Saltali, Neslihan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This research was carried out with the aim of revealing the relationship between preschool children's biophilia (BF: innate tendency to connect with nature) levels and psychological resilience (PR) in the context of age and gender variables. The sample of the study consists of 202 children aged between 48-72 months selected from preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Carrick, Nathalie; Richmond, Rebecca – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study examined parent-child storytelling for insights into children's fantastical thinking. We targeted differences in storytelling based on story genre (fictional-reality and fictional-fantasy) emotion, and storyteller, and how dyads treated fantasy within the stories. 49 3- to 5-year-olds and their parents told stories based on images that…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Fantasy, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Eskelä-Haapanen, Sirpa; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This study examines preschoolers' beliefs concerning their transfer into primary education. Data from 1386 Finnish preschoolers were obtained using interviews with parents at the end of the children's preschool year. The qualitative content analysis revealed categories, which encompassed peer relationships, relationship with teacher, learning,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Parents
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Al-Zboon, Eman; Al-Dababneh, Kholoud A. H.; Baibres, Haithem – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate fear in children with visual impairments (VI) from the perspective of their parents. The study was conducted in Jordan. One hundred and eight parents were surveyed. Results revealed that the main fear contents in children with VI are fear of voices and social communication fears. There were no statistically…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Fear, Parent Surveys, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Root, Amy E.; Byrne, Rachel; Watson, S. Michelle – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
In this study, we investigated the contribution of inhibition and maternal socialisation of children's fear to observed emotion regulation during a fear induction. Fifty-three parent-child dyads (M[subscript age]?=?3.76 years) participated. Parents completed a series of questionnaires, and parent-child dyads were observed during a fear…
Descriptors: Fear, Inhibition, Socialization, Emotional Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miller, Kyle; Dilworth-Bart, Janean – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In this study, we explored how mothers' school-related identities influence their current expectations of school identities for their children using a possible selves framework. Forty-seven mothers of preschool-aged children participated in semi-structured interviews about their school-related histories and children's school preparation.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Identification, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alvarenga, Patricia; de Oliveira, Ebenezer A.; Dazzani, Maria Virginia – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Maternal rates of child internalising behaviour were compared across children's emotion attributions (neutral, fear, anger, sadness and happiness) to others in a discipline situation, after controlling for socio-demographic covariates. Sixty-five Brazilian mothers provided socio-demographic information and rated their preschool children's…
Descriptors: Discipline, Mothers, Behavior Problems, Preschool Children