The Contributions of Temperament Traits to Regulatory Flexibility in Preschoolers: The Importance of Context

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dc.contributor.advisorTeglasi, Hedwigen_US
dc.contributor.authorShoplik, Helenaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-01T06:37:17Z
dc.date.available2020-02-01T06:37:17Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractRegulatory flexibility is the ability to meet demands of a situation by modulating behavior, cognitions, or emotions. While flexibility has been studied in early childhood, the role of reactive and regulatory temperamental building blocks of flexibility to meet requirements of different contexts has not been investigated in preschoolers. Routine and novel contexts require very different skills to navigate appropriately. For example, different aspects of inhibition and modulation of behavior may come into play in familiar/routine and novel contexts such those that depart from expectations. The current study utilized a parent-report measure of temperament and of regulatory flexibility to address the unique contributions of selected temperamental attributes—including attention, sensitivity, and activity level—to regulatory flexibility. Because of its multi-faceted nature (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010), an in-depth examination of regulatory flexibility could provide a better understanding of how preschoolers meet the challenges that are introduced to them during this developmental period.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/seal-xqsf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25417
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEarly childhood educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEarly Childhooden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlexibilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPreschoolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTemperamenten_US
dc.titleThe Contributions of Temperament Traits to Regulatory Flexibility in Preschoolers: The Importance of Contexten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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