Factors Associated with Self-regulation in a Nationally Representative Sample of Children Ages 3–5 Years: United States, 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Matern Child Health J
• Personal Author:
  Claussen, Angelika H. ; Robinson, Lara R. ; Kaminski, Jennifer W. ; Charania, Sana ; Holbrook, Joseph R. ; So, Marvin ; Ghandour, Reem ; Smith, Camille ; Satterfield-Nash, Ashley ; Peacock, Georgina ; Boyle, Coleen
• Description:
  Objective
  
  The aim of the present study was to describe self-regulation (the ability to influence or control one’s thoughts or behavior in response to situational demands and social norms) in children ages 3–5 years using a nationally representative sample and examine risk and protective factors to identify opportunities to support children and families.
  
  Methods
  
  Using a cross-sectional design, we examined data from a parent-reported pilot measure of self-regulation from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). We compared U.S. children aged 3–5 years who were described by parents as “on track” with self-regulation development with children who were not. In addition, we described how health care and developmental services, community, family, and child health and development factors are associated with children’s self-regulation.
  
  Results
  
  The majority of children (4 of 5) were described by their parents to be developmentally on track with self-regulation. Compared to children described as not on track, children described as on track more often lived in financially and socially advantaged environments and less often experienced family adversity. They also had other positive health and development indicators, whether or not they were receiving developmental services. However, only half of children not on track received developmental surveillance, and only 1 in 4 children described as not on track received educational, mental health, or developmental services.
  
  Conclusion
  
  The findings are a step towards using self-regulation as an indicator of healthy child development and as a potential strategy to identify groups of children who may need additional support.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Child, Preschool Child Development Child Health And Development Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Status Humans Male National And State Estimates National Survey Of Children’s Health Self-Control Self-regulation United States

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• Source:
  Matern Child Health J. 25(1):27-37
• Pubmed ID:
  33219911
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7855390
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:036d70ece7385745067a793b8599828dda241d7a62b1c41fa0352cc47a29fc97
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102157/cdc_102157_DS1.pdf
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