Kindergarten-spring conflict is positively associated with first-grade closeness, driven by high-conflict children, suggesting an opportunity for a fresh start¶
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q3 i? Counterintuitively, kindergarten-spring conflict positively predicted first-grade closeness (β = .20, p < .001); pairwise correlations showed this held only for children with high kindergarten-spring conflict (r = .25, p < .05). → Portilla Ximena A. 2014
Evidence¶
Portilla Ximena A. 2014¶
Portilla Ximena A., Ballard Parissa J., Adler Nancy E., Boyce W. Thomas, Obradović Jelena. (2014). An Integrative View of School Functioning: Transactions between Self-Regulation, School Engagement, and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality. Child development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12259
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Post-hoc partial pairwise correlations, controlling for first-grade conflict and splitting the sample at the mean, showed the positive conflict-to-closeness association "emerged for children who experienced high conflict at kindergarten spring (r = .25, p < .05)" only.
"The results showed that a positive correlation emerged for children who experienced high conflict at kindergarten spring (r = .25, p < .05), whereas the association was nonsignificant for children who experienced low conflict."
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Related Claims¶
- Low self-regulation (inattention and impulsivity) at kindergarten entry predicts greater teacher-child conflict by kindergarten spring, and this effect persists into first grade — related
- Teacher-child closeness shows concurrent benefits but no prospective spillover to other domains once conflict covariation is controlled — related
- Kindergarten teacher-child conflict and low self-regulation jointly predict decreases in school engagement, which in turn predicts first-grade academic competence — related
- Teacher-child conflict does not predict subsequent increases in children's inattention and impulsivity, contradicting a bidirectional transaction — related
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Kindergarten-spring conflict is positively associated with first-grade closeness, driven by high-conflict children, suggesting an opportunity for a fresh start |
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Kindergarten-spring conflict is positively associated with first-grade closeness, driven by high-conflict children, suggesting an opportunity for a fresh start |
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