Effortful control is an important developmental construct that has been associated with socio-emotional growth, academic performance, and psychopathological presentation. It is defined as the ability to execute goal directed behavior to inhibit or delay a prepotent response in favor of a subdominant response. The possibility that effortful control is comprised of multiple subordinate constructs can be presumed from extant research. The present study was conducted to determine whether tasks designed to measure effortful control can be described by hot (affectively salient) and cool (affectively neutral) dimensions, or is best understood as a single construct. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that effortful control is best conceived of as unitary factor. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2010. / Date of Defense: April 14, 2010. / Temperament, Emergent Literacy, Preschool / Includes bibliographical references. / Christopher J. Lonigan, Professor Directing Thesis; Mark Licht, Committee Member; Ralph Radach, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168245 |
| Contributors | Allan, Nicholas P. (authoraut), Lonigan, Christopher J. (professor directing thesis), Licht, Mark (committee member), Radach, Ralph (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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