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Observed shame expressions during challenging tasks predict greater teacher-rated social competence, work-related skills, and academic skills

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Shame expressions predicted greater social competence and work-related skills. → Berhenke 2011 q3 i? More shame expressions predicted greater math and reading skills. → Berhenke 2011 (2)

Evidence

Berhenke 2011

Berhenke, Amanda; Miller, Alison L.; Brown, Eleanor; Seifer, Ronald; Dickstein, Susan. (2011). Observed Emotional and Behavioral Indicators of Motivation Predict School Readiness in Head Start Graduates. Early childhood research quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.04.001

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Hierarchical regression of observed motivation indicators on teacher-rated learning-related behaviors in 131 kindergarteners; the article reports "Shame expressions predicted greater social competence and work-related skills."

"Shame expressions predicted greater social competence and work-related skills."

Berhenke 2011 (2)

Berhenke, Amanda; Miller, Alison L.; Brown, Eleanor; Seifer, Ronald; Dickstein, Susan. (2011). Observed Emotional and Behavioral Indicators of Motivation Predict School Readiness in Head Start Graduates. Early childhood research quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.04.001

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Regression on teacher-rated academic competence; the article notes emotion expressions as a group did not add significant predictive power, yet "more shame expressions predicted greater math and reading skills."

"While emotion expressions as a group did not increase the predictive power of the model at the p < .05 level, more shame expressions predicted greater math and reading skills."

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type claim
id observed-shame-predicts-school-readiness
title Observed shame expressions during challenging tasks predict greater teacher-rated social competence, work-related skills, and academic skills
description Observed shame expressions during challenging tasks predict greater teacher-rated social competence, work-related skills, and academic skills
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2011
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sources 2 — berhenke-2011, berhenke-2011-2

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