Portilla Ximena A, Ballard Parissa J, Adler Nancy E, Boyce W Thomas, Obradović Jelena
Stanford Graduate School of Education.
Child Dev. 2014 Sep-Oct;85(5):1915-31. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12259. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
This study investigates the dynamic interplay between teacher-child relationship quality and children's behaviors across kindergarten and first grade to predict academic competence in first grade. Using a sample of 338 ethnically diverse 5-year-old children, nested path analytic models were conducted to examine bidirectional pathways between children's behaviors and teacher-child relationship quality. Low self-regulation in kindergarten fall, as indexed by inattention and impulsive behaviors, predicted more conflict with teachers in kindergarten spring and this effect persisted into first grade. Conflict and low self-regulation jointly predicted decreases in school engagement which in turn predicted first-grade academic competence. Findings illustrate the importance of considering transactions between self-regulation, teacher-child relationship quality, and school engagement in predicting academic competence.
本研究调查了幼儿园和一年级期间师生关系质量与儿童行为之间的动态相互作用,以预测一年级的学业能力。以338名5岁的不同种族儿童为样本,采用嵌套路径分析模型来检验儿童行为与师生关系质量之间的双向路径。幼儿园秋季时,以注意力不集中和冲动行为为指标的低自我调节能力,预示着幼儿园春季时与教师的冲突会增多,且这种影响会持续到一年级。冲突和低自我调节能力共同预示着学校参与度的下降,而这反过来又预示着一年级的学业能力。研究结果表明,在预测学业能力时,考虑自我调节、师生关系质量和学校参与度之间的相互作用非常重要。