Temperamental Constellations and School Readiness: A MultiVariate Approach

Andrew S. White, Kate M. Sirota, Scott R. Frohn, Sara E. Swenson and Kathleen Moritz Rudasill
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Andrew S. White: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Kate M. Sirota: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Scott R. Frohn: PSI Services LLC, Glendale, CA 91203, USA
Sara E. Swenson: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Kathleen Moritz Rudasill: School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This study uses canonical correlation analyses to explore the relationship between multiple predictors of school readiness (i.e., academic readiness, social readiness, and teacher-child relationship) and multiple temperamental traits using data from the second wave (age 54 months, n = 1226) of the longitudinal Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD; NICHD ECCRN 1993). This longitudinal study collected data on a large cohort of children and their families from birth through age 15. For academic readiness, only one temperamental constellation emerged, representing the construct of effortful control (i.e., high attentional focusing, high inhibitory control). For peer interactions, two significant constellations emerged: “dysregulated” (low inhibitory control, low shyness, and high activity), and “withdrawn” (high shyness, low inhibitory control, low attentional focusing). Finally, the analyses exploring child-teacher relationships revealed two significant constellations: “highly surgent” (high activity, low inhibitory control, low shyness) and “emotionally controlled” (low anger/frustration and high inhibitory control). Results of this study form a more nuanced exploration of relationships between temperamental traits and indicators of school readiness than can be found in the extant literature, and will provide the groundwork for future research to test specific hypotheses related to the effect temperamental constellations have on children’s school readiness.

Keywords: temperament; effortful control; school readiness; canonical correlation; SECCYD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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