Measuring Behavioral Regulation in Four Societies

Autor/inn/en	Wanless, Shannon B.; McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan C.; Ponitz, Claire C.; Son, Seung-Hee; Lan, Xuezhao; Morrison, Frederick J.; Chen, Jo-Lin; Chen, Fu-Mei; Lee, Kangyi; Sung, Miyoung; Li, Su
Titel	Measuring Behavioral Regulation in Four Societies
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 23 (2011) 2, S.364-378 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0021768
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Behavior Problems; Cross Cultural Studies; Scores; Young Children; Student Behavior; Classroom Techniques; Federal Aid; Mathematics Skills; Vocabulary; Literacy; Academic Achievement; Predictive Validity; Self Management; Attention Control; Inhibition; Short Term Memory; Cultural Context; Preschool Children; Longitudinal Studies; Rating Scales; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; China; Michigan; Oregon; South Korea; Taiwan; United States; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Frühe Kindheit; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Klassenführung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Wortschatz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Schulleistung; Selbstmanagement; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Hemmung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Rating-Skala; Korrelation; Korea; Republik; USA
Abstract	The present study examined the psychometric properties of scores from a direct measure of behavioral regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task (HTKS) with 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Specifically, we investigated (a) the nature and variability of HTKS scores, including relations to teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation; and (b) relations between the HTKS and early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills. Higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher teacher ratings of classroom behavioral regulation in the United States and South Korea but not in Taiwan and China. Also, higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills beyond the influence of demographic variables and teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation. These initial findings suggest that HTKS scores may be interpreted as reflecting early behavioral regulation in these 4 societies and that behavioral regulation is important for early academic success in the United States and in Asian countries. (Contains 4 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10