Effortful Control, Surgency, and reading skills in middle childhood |
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| Authors: | Kirby Deater-Deckard Paula Y Mullineaux Stephen A Petrill Lee A Thompson |
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| Institution: | (1) Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 109 Williams Hall (0436), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;(2) Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State University, 135 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1295, USA;(3) Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Mather Memorial Room 103, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA |
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| Abstract: | We examined the associations between components of temperament and children’s word and pseudo-word reading skills, in a school-age
sample using a within-family internal-replication design. We estimated the statistical prediction of word and pseudo-word
reading in separate regression equations that included the main effects of, and two-way interaction between, Surgency and
Effortful Control. Children with better Effortful Control scores showed better reading skills. Surgency was unrelated to reading
skills, but moderated the effect of Effortful Control. The positive association between reading skills and Effortful Control
was present only for children who were low in Surgency. Thus, reading achievement in school-age children is optimized by strong
Effortful Control, but these processes may be disrupted for those children who are high in Surgency. |
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| Keywords: | Effortful Control Reading Surgency Temperament |
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