This paper provides a critical review of measures of social and emotional development in
early childhood for use within large-scale national surveys of child well-being and …

Children's ability to direct their attention and behavior to learning tasks provides a
foundation for healthy social and academic development in early schooling. Although an …

Children's skill levels in language, mathematics, literacy, self-regulation, and social–
emotional adjustment at kindergarten entry are believed to play an important role in …

Executive function develops at an unprecedented rate during the preschool period, yet few
clinicians attempt to assess executive processes in young children. The primary objective of …

The concept of self‐regulation has received heightened attention as a key mechanism that
predicts a variety of developmental outcomes throughout the life span. Although researchers …

Quality preschool programs that develop the whole child through age-appropriate
socioemotional and cognitive skill-building hold promise for significantly improving child …

This review of 20 years of developmental research on Executive Functions (EF) offers a
broad‐brushstroke picture that touches on multiple issues including:(i) findings from typical …

We examine the extent to which executive functions (EFs), as opposed to other cognitive
skills, account for socioeconomically based disparities in school readiness. Participants are …

The relation of self-regulation measured prior to school entry to developing math and
reading ability in prekindergarten through the second grade was examined in a prospective …

This study tested the longitudinal measurement invariance and developmental changes of a
newly developed battery of executive function (EF) tasks for use in early childhood. The …