2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A developmental study of self-regulation in young children

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21830165
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Educational psychology
Research Institution	Tokiwa Junior College
Principal Investigator	AKIKO Oh-Uchi Tokiwa Junior College, 幼児教育保育学科, 助教 (30549994)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	自己制御機能 / 社会性 / 養育スキル / 情動表現
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study were to review a scale of young children's self-regulation and to examine the effects of parents' parenting skills and emotional expressivity on the development of children's self-regulation and social skills. A self-regulation scale in early childhood was reconstructed, and its reliability and validity were confirmed. A longitudinal investigation was conducted against the parents of same children three times for two years. As a result, it was revealed the paths from some of parents' parenting skills and positive emotional expressivity to children's self-regulation, social skills and problem behaviors.