Touch your toes! Developing a direct measure of behavioral regulation in early childhood
Touch your toes! Developing a direct measure of behavioral regulation in early childhood
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.01.004
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Morrison, Federick J.
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作者：
Ponitz, Claire E. Cameron;McClelland, Megan M.;Morrison, Federick J.
自我调节的行为方面，包括控制和指导行动，注意力和记住指令，对于学前班和小学的成功运作至关重要。近年来，出现了一些对这些技能的直接评估，但很少有研究提供完整的心理测量数据，而且许多研究不容易管理。我们开发了一种直接测量儿童行为调节的方法，头到脚的任务，并报告了年龄在36-78个月的参与者的表现，包括一组讲西班牙语的儿童，来自两个不同的地点（N= 353; N= 92）。我们研究了结构效度，考官的可靠性，变异的来源，以及任务分数和背景之间的关联。特色结果表明，该任务是有效的，可靠的，并表现出变异的儿童的分数。交叉分类的分层生长曲线分析表明，女孩，参与者评估英语，和较高的社会经济地位（SES）的儿童取得了略高于男孩，讲西班牙语和较低的SES儿童的平均分数，但效果的大小是小的。年龄较大的参与者比年龄较小的儿童获得更高的分数，并且对网站没有影响。结果表明，头到脚的任务是一个信息丰富，易于管理的儿童的行为调节的直接评估。我们讨论其使用在幼儿设置的影响。(C)2007年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Behavioral aspects of self-regulation, including controlling and directing actions, paying attention, and remembering instructions, are critical for successful functioning in preschool and elementary school. In recent years, several direct assessments of these skills have appeared, but few studies provide complete psychometric data and many are not easy to administer. We developed a direct measure of children's behavioral regulation, the Head-to-Toes Task, and report performance of participants aged 36-78 months, including a group of Spanish-speaking children, from two different sites (N= 353; N= 92). We examined construct validity, examiner reliability, sources of variation, and associations between task scores and background. characteristics. Results showed that the task was valid, reliable, and demonstrated variability in children's scores. A cross-classified hierarchical growth curve analysis indicated that girls, participants assessed in English, and higher-socioeconomic status (SES) children achieved slightly higher average scores than did boys, Spanish-speaking and lower-SES children, but effect sizes were small. Older participants achieved higher scores than did younger children, and there were no effects for site. Results suggest that the Head-to-Toes Task is an informative and easy-to-administer direct assessment of children's behavioral regulation. We discuss implications for its use in early childhood settings. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.