Greater maternal emotional support during problem-solving predicts greater child cognitive flexibility one year later, in both the preschool-to-kindergarten and kindergarten-to-first-grade intervals¶
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q3 i? Maternal emotional support in preschool predicted greater child cognitive flexibility in kindergarten, and emotional support in kindergarten predicted greater cognitive flexibility in first grade, controlling for stability, covariates, and cognitive support. → Zeytinoglu 2019
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Zeytinoglu 2019¶
Zeytinoglu, S., Calkins, S. D., & Leerkes, E. M. (2019). Maternal emotional support but not cognitive support during problem-solving predicts increases in cognitive flexibility in early childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(1), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418757706
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Cross-lagged autoregressive panel model on 278 children in a three-wave longitudinal study (preschool, kindergarten, first grade), with observed maternal emotional support (latent: responsiveness, reversed intrusiveness, reversed negativity) and DCCS flexibility scores. Both cross-lagged paths were significant as printed: "B =5.64, 95% CI [.211–11.065], p =.04" and "B =4.83, 95% CI [.381–9.274], p = .03"; no standardized effect size was printed.
"greater maternal emotional support in preschool predicted greater child cognitive flexibility in kindergarten (B =5.64, 95% CI [.211–11.065], p =.04), and greater maternal emotional support in kindergarten predicted greater child cognitive flexibility in first grade (B =4.83, 95% CI [.381–9.274], p = .03)"
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Related Claims¶
- Children's cognitive flexibility did not predict later maternal emotional or cognitive support — related
- Children's cognitive flexibility improved on average from preschool to first grade — related
- Maternal cognitive support was only modestly associated with emotional support and largely independent of intrusiveness and negativity — related
- Mothers' cognitive support during problem-solving did not predict children's later cognitive flexibility — related
- Non-Hispanic White children showed better cognitive flexibility and received more emotionally supportive caregiving than children from minority backgrounds — related
- Higher maternal education predicts membership in faster self-regulation trajectories — related
- About 20% of children (later developers) make few self-regulation gains in preschool and lag peers by six months to a year and a half — related
- Teachers' internalized negative feelings about a child are related to displays of negative affect in observed interactions with that child — related
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Greater maternal emotional support during problem-solving predicts greater child cognitive flexibility one year later, in both the preschool-to-kindergarten and kindergarten-to-first-grade intervals |
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Greater maternal emotional support during problem-solving predicts greater child cognitive flexibility one year later, in both the preschool-to-kindergarten and kindergarten-to-first-grade intervals |
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