Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-reported coping mechanisms and executive function (EF) in 4-year old Singaporean preschoolers. Children (N = 18) were given a battery of EF tests presented in the form of child-friendly games in addition to an interview on challe...
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| author | Tan, Nathalie Zhi Qian. Lin, Huixian. Tang, Hei Wai. Tham, Jayce Jing Hui. |
| author2 | Qu Li |
| author_facet | Qu Li Tan, Nathalie Zhi Qian. Lin, Huixian. Tang, Hei Wai. Tham, Jayce Jing Hui. |
| author_sort | Tan, Nathalie Zhi Qian. |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-reported coping mechanisms and executive function (EF) in 4-year old Singaporean preschoolers. Children (N = 18) were given a battery of EF tests presented in the form of child-friendly games in addition to an interview on challenging events and coping strategies (Frydenberg, 2004).Two measure of EF namely, cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation were hypothesized to be positively related to productive coping mechanisms defined as secondary control coping strategies. Results indicated that cognitive flexibility was positively correlated with productive coping strategies. Conversely, no significant relationship was found between emotion regulation and productive coping strategies. Directions for future research on EF and coping in preschoolers are suggested. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/444662019-12-10T14:42:00Z Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. Tan, Nathalie Zhi Qian. Lin, Huixian. Tang, Hei Wai. Tham, Jayce Jing Hui. Qu Li School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-reported coping mechanisms and executive function (EF) in 4-year old Singaporean preschoolers. Children (N = 18) were given a battery of EF tests presented in the form of child-friendly games in addition to an interview on challenging events and coping strategies (Frydenberg, 2004).Two measure of EF namely, cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation were hypothesized to be positively related to productive coping mechanisms defined as secondary control coping strategies. Results indicated that cognitive flexibility was positively correlated with productive coping strategies. Conversely, no significant relationship was found between emotion regulation and productive coping strategies. Directions for future research on EF and coping in preschoolers are suggested. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-02T00:45:23Z 2011-06-02T00:45:23Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44466 en Nanyang Technological University 53 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Tan, Nathalie Zhi Qian. Lin, Huixian. Tang, Hei Wai. Tham, Jayce Jing Hui. Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title | Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title_full | Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title_short | Stress coping and the development of executive function : a study on 4-year old preschoolers in Singapore. |
| title_sort | stress coping and the development of executive function a study on 4 year old preschoolers in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44466 |
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