The development and maintenance of prosocial, other-oriented behaviors has been of
considerable recent interest. Though it is clear that prosocial behaviors emerge early and …

Young children's emotional competence—regulation of emotional expressiveness and
experience when necessary, and knowledge of their own and other's emotions—is crucial …

Starting on positive trajectories at school entry is important for children's later academic
success. Using partial least squares, we sought to specify interrelations among all theory …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: Early care and education has pronounced implications for
young children's social-emotional learning. Although program structural and classroom …

Research Findings: Social–emotional learning (SEL) is increasingly becoming an area of
focus for determining children's school readiness and predicting their academic success …

Preschoolers'(N= 143) patterns of emotional expressiveness, emotion regulation, and
emotion knowledge were assessed. Their contributions to social competence, as evidenced …

The ability to express, understand, and regulate emotions is a crucial element in individual
functioning and interpersonal interaction. This important volume presents a fresh look at …

The overall issue of assessment during early childhood, and its relation to school readiness
and other decisions, is currently widely debated. Expanding early childhood education and …

Four-year-olds Robbie and Jamila are pretending to be firefighters. They have firefighters'
hats and boots, and even a fire engine on which to ride. They have a plush Dalmatian dog …

This study examined the effectiveness of the PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking
Strategies) curriculum the emotional development of school-aged children. PATHS, a school …