The Watch-and-Wait Task: On the Reliability and Validity of a New Method of Assessing Self-Control in Preschool Children

Autor/inn/en	Neubauer, Anna; Gawrilow, Caterina; Hasselhorn, Marcus
Titel	The Watch-and-Wait Task: On the Reliability and Validity of a New Method of Assessing Self-Control in Preschool Children
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 22 (2012) 6, S.770-777 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2012.05.006
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Preschool Children; Delay of Gratification; Grade 1; Task Analysis; Validity; Reliability; Self Control; Child Development; Prediction; Prevention; Attention Control; Rewards; Inhibition; Behavior Problems; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Aufgabenanalyse; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Selbstbeherrschung; Kindesentwicklung; Vorhersage; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Reward; Belohnung; Hemmung; Messdaten
Abstract	A preschooler's ability to delay gratification in the waiting task is predictive of several developmental outcomes, despite this task's relatively low reliability level. Success in this task depends on the use of distraction strategies. The new Watch-and-Wait Task (WWT) has been developed to enhance reliability and to investigate whether the waiting situation is equally predictive if distraction from the reward is inhibited. To prevent distraction in the WWT, children were instructed to watch an hourglass run out during the waiting period. In a reliability analysis (n = 31) the WWT showed acceptable retest reliability. In a second study (n = 61), the time preschoolers spent waiting in the WWT was associated with later academic achievement and behavioral problems diagnosed at the end of grade 1, even after controlling for intelligence, gender and age. Overall, the WWT proved to be a reliable instrument predictive of children's behavioral and academic development. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10