SELF-REGULATION, EMOTION EXPRESSION & CLASSROOM ...

Miller et al., 2004). I am confident that this is a reliable assumption due to the fact that
Head Start uses consistent federal poverty guidelines for enrollment, where the vast
majority of children enrolled are either from households in which family income is
below the poverty line as defined by federal poverty thresholds or are eligible for Head
Start because in the absence of child care, family income would be below the poverty
line (Raver, et al, 2009; Van Horn & Ramey, 2003).
Measures
The measures in this investigation will capture child attitudes and behaviors
through a variety of data collection methods across the three time points (see figure 1).
Assessments and questionnaire completion and observer data collection were
conducted in the either the classroom, or on school grounds during normal school
hours. Teacher questionnaires of child behavior were distributed to preschool and
kindergarten head teachers to complete at their convenience. A modest incentive of
twenty dollars per completed child questionnaire was offered to the teachers to
increase the probability of questionnaire completion.
Preschool Self-regulation Assessment (PSRA). A frequent concern cited in the
developmental literature is the need for increased accuracy in the description and
measurement of self-regulation (Blair, 2002). In an attempt to address this issue, the
current investigation will utilize the Preschool Self-Regulation Assessment (PSRA; Smith-
Donald, Raver, & Richardson, 2007) at the first time point (time 1), which is a measure
specifically designed to assess self-regulation in behavior, emotion and attention. The
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