TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relations of Effortful Control and Ego Control to Children's Resiliency and Social Functioning
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Valiente, Carlos
AU - Fabes, Richard
AU - Smith, Cynthia L.
AU - Reiser, Mark
AU - Shepard, Stephanie A.
AU - Losoya, Sandra
AU - Guthrie, Ivanna K.
AU - Murphy, Bridget C.
AU - Cumberland, Amanda J.
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - The relations of effortful control and ego control to children's (mean age = 137 months) resiliency, social status, and social competence were examined concurrently (Time 3) and over time. Adults reported on the constructs, and a behavioral measure of persistence was obtained. At Time 3, resiliency mediated the unique relations of both effortful and reactive control to social status, and effortful control directly predicted socially appropriate behavior. Negative emotionality moderated the relations of ego and effortful control to socially appropriate behavior. When levels of the variables 2 years prior were accounted for, all relations held at Time 3 except that effortful control did not predict resiliency (even though it was the stronger predictor at Time 3) and ego control directly predicted socially appropriate behavior.
AB - The relations of effortful control and ego control to children's (mean age = 137 months) resiliency, social status, and social competence were examined concurrently (Time 3) and over time. Adults reported on the constructs, and a behavioral measure of persistence was obtained. At Time 3, resiliency mediated the unique relations of both effortful and reactive control to social status, and effortful control directly predicted socially appropriate behavior. Negative emotionality moderated the relations of ego and effortful control to socially appropriate behavior. When levels of the variables 2 years prior were accounted for, all relations held at Time 3 except that effortful control did not predict resiliency (even though it was the stronger predictor at Time 3) and ego control directly predicted socially appropriate behavior.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.761
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.761
M3 - Article
C2 - 12859128
AN - SCOPUS:0141754040
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 39
SP - 761
EP - 776
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 4
ER -