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An Integrative View of School Functioning

Transactions Between Self-Regulation, School Engagement, and Teacher–Child Relationship Quality

Bibliographic Data

ID23317654
AuthorsXimena A Portilla (0000-0002-7705-0693, Stanford Graduate School of Education, corresponding author), Parissa J Ballard (0000-0001-9125-4089, University of California, San Francisco), Nancy E Adler (0000-0001-6962-0724, University of California, San Francisco), W Thomas Boyce (University of California, San Francisco), Jelena Obradović (0000-0001-7405-4608, Stanford Graduate School of Education)
Year2014
Volume85
Issue5
Pages1915-1931
Publication date2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/cdev.12259
PMID24916608
PMCIDPMC4165700
OpenAlexW1973876873
LanguageEN
Citations received63
References cited54

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.

Competence (human resources) · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Path analysis (statistics) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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