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Johnson, Stacy R.; Finlon, Kristy J.; Izard, Carroll E. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This article describes the development and evaluation of the Behavior and Emotion Expression Observation System (BEEOS), a direct observation tool to characterize preschoolers' social and emotion behaviors during semistructured activities in the classroom. The BEEOS was used to observe 148 Head Start preschoolers, and…
Descriptors: Observation, Preschool Children, Social Behavior, Emotional Response
Park, Young Ah Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Children's social emotional competence affects school achievement as well as later job success. Social emotional competence can be promoted when appropriate social emotional interventions are provided. To provide quality intervention, it is essential to use measures that include functional skills, promote team collaboration, and monitor changes in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Interpersonal Competence
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Houssa, Marine; Nader-Grosbois, Nathalie; Jacobs, Emilie – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
Using an experimental approach, our study examined the differentiated effects on pre-schoolers' social cognition of two short-term social information processing (SIP) and Theory of Mind (ToM) training sessions dealing with emotions and beliefs. The links between ToM, SIP, and social adjustment or externalizing behavior were examined. 47…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Social Cognition, Theory of Mind
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Scheeringa, Michael S.; Haslett, Nancy – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The need to assess Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) disorders in children younger than 7 years of age has intensified as clinical efforts to diagnose and treat this population have increased, and clinical research on psychopathology has advanced. A new diagnostic instrument for young children was created, the Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Research Assistants, Caregivers, Hyperactivity
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Egger, Helen Link; Erkanli, Alaattin; Keeler, Gordon; Potts, Edward; Walter, Barbara Keith; Angold, Adrian – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the test-retest reliability of a new interviewer-based psychiatric diagnostic measure (the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment) for use with parents of preschoolers 2 to 5 years old. Method: A total of 1,073 parents of children attending a large pediatric clinic completed the Child Behavior Checklist 1 1/2-5. For 18 months,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Check Lists, Clinics, Preschool Children