Title
Family Context of Low-income Young Children and Their Self-regulation in the United States and Turkey
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2018
Keywords
Self-regulation, American children, Turkish children, family context, early childhood
Abstract
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children’s selfregulation (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.
Publication Title
Early Child Development and Care
DOI of Published Version
10.1080/03004430.2018.1548442
Recommended Citation
Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibraham H.; Gonan, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Esterich, Jan; and Colgave, Amy, "Family Context of Low-income Young Children and Their Self-regulation in the United States and Turkey" (2018). Counseling and Human Development Faculty Publications. 11.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/chd_pubs/11