Behavioral self-regulation development between ages three and seven is best described by an exponential (nonlinear) growth curve¶
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q2 i? Across three samples, latent growth curve model fit indices favored an exponential trajectory of behavioral self-regulation over linear, quadratic, and logistic alternatives. → Montroy Janelle J. 2016
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Montroy Janelle J. 2016¶
Montroy Janelle J., Bowles Ryan P., Skibbe Lori E., McClelland Megan M., Morrison Frederick J. (2016). The Development of Self-Regulation across Early Childhood. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000159
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Latent growth curve modeling of HTKS scores in three longitudinal samples compared five trajectory shapes using AIC and aBIC; both indices indicated growth was "best described by an exponential curve" in all samples. Sample patterns differed, with acceleration across preschool in one sample and early gains slowing in elementary school in the others.
"In all samples, both AIC and aBIC suggested that the changes and between person differences in early childhood behavioral self-regulation development were best described by an exponential curve"
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Behavioral self-regulation development between ages three and seven is best described by an exponential (nonlinear) growth curve |
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Behavioral self-regulation development between ages three and seven is best described by an exponential (nonlinear) growth curve |
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