self-regulation

Promoting Afterschool Quality and Positive Youth Development: Cluster Randomized Trial of the Pax Good Behavior Game

This randomized trial tested a strategy originally developed for school settings, the Pax Good Behavior...

Promoting afterschool quality and positive youth development: Cluster randomized trial of the pax good behavior game

This randomized trial tested a strategy originally developed for school settings, the Pax Good Behavior...

Promoting Nurturing Environments in Afterschool Settings

Given the rise in dual career and single-parent families, and the need for monitoring and...

Testing the PAX Good Behavior Game with and without school-based parenting support: study description and practical challenges

Despite large government expenditures and the implementation of mental health-related initiatives and strategies, the social,...

Supporting the development of pupils’ self-regulation skills: Evaluation of the PAX GBG Programme in Ireland

The PAX Good Behaviour Game (PAX GBG) is an American classroom-based intervention programme, based on...

‘Willpower’ over the life span: Decomposing self-regulation

In the 1960s, Mischel and colleagues developed a simple ‘marshmallow test’ to measure preschoolers’ ability...

Cumulative-genetic plasticity, parenting and adolescent self-regulation

Background:  The capacity to control or regulate one’s emotions, cognitions and behavior is central to...

Self-efficacy, motivation con- structs, and mathematics performance of entering middle school students

The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of various motivation variables on...

Some cognitive consequences of maternal intervention techniques: A longitudinal study

This study examines the relationship between mothers' intervention techniques and children's school-related abilities. When the...

Parent-child relationships in young homeless families: Co-regulation as a predictor of child self-regulation and school adjustment

Developing adaptive behaviors are particularly important for children growing up in contexts of risk and...