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3-215 - Predictors and Factors Associated with Self-Regulation of Low-Income Preschoolers Two Cultural Contexts: U.S. and Turkey
Sat, April 8, 4:30 to 6:00pm, Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 13BSession Type: Paper Symposium
Integrative Statement
The proposed symposium presents cross cultural data from central USA (Nebraska) and central Turkey (Ankara). Data were from early childhood programs serving 3-6 year old children from low-income families enrolled in intervention programs, collected in 2014 and 2015 using direct child assessments, parent and teacher report and the same measures validated in both the US and Turkish context. The study examines cultural similarities and differences in descriptors and predictors of self-regulation as measured by the Preschool Self-Regulation (PSRA) Assessment factors, Executive Functioning (EF)/Behavior Regulation (BR) (Smith-Donald, Raver, Hayes and Richardson, 2007; Fındık Tanrıbuyurdu and Güler Yıldız, 2014). Paper One describes EF and BR in relation to contextual predictors in both cultural contexts; Paper Two examines teacher predictors of EF/\BR; Paper Three presents EF as a predictor of Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) dimension scores and demonstrates that there is considerable difference between the US and Turkey in how EF relates to other areas of functioning. For example, in the US, EF is a significant predictor of every ASQ dimension while in the Turkish sample it is most strongly related to fine motor development, and in the US there are gender differences in most of these relations which is not true in the Turkish context. The fourth paper examines EF, family conflict and BMI in relation to child eating behaviors. The chair will lead a discussion with presenters and authors about the role of self-regulation in these two cultural contexts and its relation to early childhood programs.
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Family Context of Low-Income Young Children and Their Self-Regulation Skills in the U.S. and Turkey - Mefharet Veziroglu-Celik, Istanbul Medipol University; Presenting Author: Aileen Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ibrahim H Acar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Mubaccel Gonen, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Helen H Raikes, University of Nebraska; Aysel Korkmaz, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Jan Esteraich, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Sukran Ucus, Ahi Evran University, Turkey; Amy Colgrove, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Qualities of Teacher-Child Relationship and Low Income Children’s Self-Regulation in the U.S. and Turkey - Presenting Author: Ibrahim H Acar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Mefharet Veziroglu-Celik, Istanbul Medipol University; Aileen Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Helen H Raikes, University of Nebraska; Mubaccel Gonen, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Traci Kutaka, SRI International; Amy Encinger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Amy Colgrove, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Relations between Development and Executive Functions in Low Income Children: Turkey and US Preschoolers - Tulin Guler-Yildiz,, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Mubaccel Gonen, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Ayca Ulker-Erdem,, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Presenting Author: Sukran Ucus, Ahi Evran University, Turkey; Aileen Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Helen H Raikes, University of Nebraska; Ibrahim H Acar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Dawn Davis, University of Nebraska; Ipek Ozbay, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Feyza Ozkan, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Fatih Dereli, Hacettep University, Ankara, Turkey
Relations among self-regulation, nutrition factors, parent-child conflict and BMI in a cross cultural context - Presenting Author: Elsa Escalante, University of Nebraska; Amy Encinger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Aileen Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Helen H Raikes, University of Nebraska; Ibrahim H Acar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pelin Bilgic, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Mefharet Veziroglu-Celik, Istanbul Medipol University; Mubaccel Gonen, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Dila Yazici, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Damla Yilmaz, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey