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Öğe Examining the roles of child temperament and teacher-child relationships as predictors of Turkish children's social competence and antisocial behavior(Springer, 2020) Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Kutaka, Traci Shizu; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Torquati, Julia; Coplan, Robert J.; Yıldız, SüleymanThe present study examined the concurrent contribution of Turkish children's temperament and teacher-child relationship quality to their social competence and antisocial behavior, with a specific focus on the moderating role of teacher-child relationships (closeness and conflict) on children's temperament (inhibitory control and shyness) when predicting social competence and antisocial behavior. Participants were 94 children (56 boys) with mean age of 7.05 years (SD = .88) enrolled in 24 classrooms from five elementary schools in a suburban school district in Turkey. Mothers reported on children's temperament and teachers reported on their relationships with children as well as children's social competence and antisocial behavior. SAS PROC MIXED was used to test hierarchical regression models of children nested within classrooms. Results showed that high conflict teacher-child relationships moderated the association between low shyness and antisocial behavior. Less shy children displayed more antisocial behavior at higher levels of teacher-child conflict. In addition, at high levels of child shyness, social competence ratings improved as teacher-child closeness increased. Inhibitory control was positively correlated with social competence and negatively correlated with antisocial behavior. The qualities of teacher-child relationships can effectively support children's social competence and antisocial behavior depending upon their temperamental characteristics. Limitations and future directions of the current study are discussed.Öğe Preschool children's self-regulation and learning behaviors: The moderating role of teacher-child relationship(Springer, 2022) Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Veziroğlu Çelik, Mefharet; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Sealy, Martinique A.Background Children's approach to learning is essential for both academic achievement and socio-emotional well-being. This competence is influenced by both individual (self-regulation) and environmental factors (teacher-child relationships). Objective The aim of the present study is to examine Turkish children's learning behaviors through the interplay of children's self-regulation and teacher-child relationship. In particular, we examine the moderating role of teacher-child relationship quality on the link between self-regulation and learning behaviors. Method Participants were 140 preschool children (81 boys) from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey. Children's age ranged from 39 to 77 months (M = 62.55, SD = 8.53). Teachers reported on teacher-child relationship quality and children's learning behaviors. We assessed children's self-regulation via structured performance-based tasks. Results Regression results using SAS PROC MIXED showed: first, the combination of high teacher-child closeness and hot self-regulation was related to higher levels of learning behaviors. Second, teacher closeness was positively, and teacher conflict was negatively associated with children's learning behaviors. Third, cool and hot aspects of self-regulation were related to children's learning behaviors; this was true only for cool aspects of self-regulation in multivariate analyses. Conclusions Children's self-regulation (hot and cool aspects) and the qualities of teacher-child relationships appear to be important for their approaches to learning. Findings from the current study provide additional support for individual-context interaction for child outcomes in the Turkish preschool educational context.Öğe The contributions of relationships with parents and teachers to Turkish children's antisocial behaviour(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018) Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Evans, Moon Y. Q.; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Yıldız, SüleymanThe present study examined the concurrent contributions of parent-child and teacher-child relationship quality to Turkish children's antisocial behaviour, with a specific focus on the moderating role of teacher-child relationships (closeness and conflict) on parent-child relationships when predicting antisocial behaviour. Participants were 94 children (56 boys) with mean age of 7.05years (SD=.88) enrolled in 24 classrooms from five elementary schools in a suburban school district in Turkey. Mothers reported on their relationship with children and teachers reported on their relationships with children as well as children's antisocial behaviour. SAS PROC MIXED was used to test hierarchical regression models of children nested within classrooms. Results showed that teacher-child conflict moderated the association between parent-child conflict and children's antisocial behaviour. Such that, higher parent-child conflict was related to higher levels of antisocial behaviour at the context of higher levels of teacher-child conflict. In addition, teacher-child closeness also moderated the association between parent-child conflict and children's antisocial behaviour. Such that when teacher-child closeness was at average or high levels, lower levels of parent-child conflict was related to lower levels of antisocial behaviour. Teacher-child conflict was positively associated with children's antisocial behaviour. Limitations and future directions of the current study are discussed.Öğe Transition practices and children's development during kindergarten: The role of close teacher-child relationships(Springer International Publishing, 2018) Zulfiqar, Najia; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Sweeney, Baverly D.; DeCoster, Jamie; Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; McGinnis, Colin; Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Miller, KathleenChildren's early school success is critical, and evidence suggests that when kindergarten teachers provide more transition practices as children prepare to enter kindergarten, they show improved outcomes in kindergarten. Positive teacher-child relationships may be a link between transition practices and children's school success. Here we examine whether teacher-child closeness mediates between kindergarten teachers' use of transition practices and children's academic and social growth during kindergarten. Data for this study came from the National Center for Early Development and Learning's (NCEDL) Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten. Children from 240 pre-K classrooms from six states were followed from pre-K to kindergarten. For this study, 730 children were included and were ethnically diverse: 40% White, 24% Black/African-American, and 26% Latinx. Three main findings emerged: (1) teacher-child closeness was predictive of children's growth in multiple academic and behavioral outcomes in kindergarten; (2) transition practices were positively related to teachers' perceptions of closeness with children in kindergarten; and (3) teacher-child closeness mediated the association between transition practices and children's academic and behavioral outcomes. Implications are discussed.
