Predicting early emotion knowledge development among children of colour living in historically disinvested neighbourhoods: consideration of child pre-academic abilities, self-regulation, peer relations and parental education.
Emotion knowledge, the ability to accurately perceive and label emotions, predicts higher quality peer relations, higher social competence, higher academic achievement, and fewer behaviour problems. Less is known, however, about predictors of early development of emotion knowledge. This study examines emotion knowledge development among children attending pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programmes in high-poverty urban schools. The study considers child pre-academic abilities, self-regulation, peer relations and parental education as predictors of emotion knowledge development over two years. The sample (n = 1034) of children living in historically disinvested neighbourhoods was primarily Black (85%) and low-income (∼61%). The sample was part of a longitudinal follow-up study of a cluster (school) randomised controlled trial in ten public elementary schools. Children's emotion knowledge was assessed with a series of tasks three times over a two-year period. At baseline, parents and teachers reported on peer relations, children completed a test of pre-academic abilities, independent observers rated child self-regulation, and parents reported on their educational attainment. Results demonstrate that emotion knowledge increases over time, and pre-academic abilities, self-regulation, peer relations, and parent education independently predict children's emotion knowledge. This study highlights multiple factors that predict emotion knowledge among primarily Black children living in historically disinvested neighbourhoods.
['Ursache|Alexandra|A|0000-0002-9621-6919', 'Dawson-McClure|Spring|S|', 'Siegel|Jessica|J|', 'Brotman|Laurie Miller|LM|']
D001741:African Americans D002657:Child Development D002675:Child, Preschool D004522:Educational Status D004644:Emotions D005260:Female D005500:Follow-Up Studies D006801:Humans D007398:Interpersonal Relations D008137:Longitudinal Studies D008297:Male D010290:Parents D010379:Peer Group D011203:Poverty D000068356:Self-Control D014505:Urban Population
Emotion knowledge pre-academic abilities self-regulation peer relations early childhood