Yana S. Sirotkin
George Mason University
6 Papers
25 Citations
Yana S. Sirotkin is an academic researcher from George Mason University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Head start & Emotional competence. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications.
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Observing Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Behavior: Structure, Foundations, and Prediction of Early School Success
Susanne A. Denham,Hideko H. Bassett,Sara K. Thayer,Melissa Mincic,Yana S. Sirotkin,Katherine M. Zinsser +5 more
TL;DR: Preschool emotionally negative/aggressive behaviors were associated with concurrent and kindergarten school success, and there was evidence of social-emotional behavior mediating relations between emotion knowledge or executive function, and school outcomes.
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Head Start Preschoolers' Emotional Positivity and Emotion Regulation Predict their Social-Emotion Behavior, Classroom Adjustment, and Early School Success
Susanne A. Denham,Hideko H. Bassett,Yana S. Sirotkin,Katherine M. Zinsser +3 more
- 05 Jun 2013
TL;DR: The authors examined the specific contributions of emotional positivity and emotion regulation during a direct assessment to broader self-regulation, social-emotional behavior during play, school adjustment, and school readiness.
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“No-o-o-o Peeking”: Preschoolers’ Executive Control, Social Competence, and Classroom Adjustment
TL;DR: Aspects of executive control varied with age, socioeconomic risk, and gender; older children performed better on CEC tasks across three age levels; for HEC tasks, change was seen only between 3- year-olds and 4-year-olds.
Keep Calm and Carry on: The importance of children’s emotional positivity and regulation for success in Head Start
Yana S. Sirotkin,Susanne A. Denham,Hideko H. Bassett,Katherine M. Zinsser +3 more
- 06 Jun 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the relations between positive emotion/engagement and emotion regulation of Head Start preschoolers and both their school adjustment and academic readiness during Head Start and in kindergarten.
A culturally grounded prenatal coparenting intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial with unmarried Black parents.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the efficacy of a prenatal intervention designed to promote healthy coparenting relationships in families where low-income, unmarried mothers and fathers were expecting a first baby together.