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EMOTION
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 77-88Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.77
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emotion knowledge; emotion regulation; attention; academic competence; elementary school
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This study examined the relation between emotion competence and academic competence and three potential mediators of this relation. In kindergarten, 193 children from elementary schools serving urban, minority, and low income students participated in an emotion competence assessment, and 142 of these children completed a follow-up assessment in first grade. The relation between teacher ratings of emotion regulation and academic competence was primarily indirect through the effect of emotion regulation on teacher ratings of attention. Peer acceptance and teacher closeness did not mediate the relations between emotion competence and academic competence. Results highlight the potential benefits of early emotion-centered prevention programs and the need to identify children with attention problems as early as possible to prevent academic difficulties.
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