Publications

The Kindergarten Readiness Research Program

2022

Castelo RJ, Meuwissen AS, Distefano R, et al. Parent Provision of Choice Is a Key Component of Autonomy Support in Predicting Child Executive Function Skills. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022;12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.773492.

2021

Karing JTua, Tracy AN, Gonzales CR, et al. Breastfeeding, Early Self-Regulation, and Academic Achievement in Kindergarten Among Disadvantaged Children. Matern Child Health J. 2021. doi:10.1007/s10995-021-03193-5.
McClelland MM, Gonzales CR, Cameron CE, et al. The Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders Revised: Links to Academic Outcomes and Measures of EF in Young Children. Front Psychol. 2021;12:721846. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.721846.
Li T, McClelland MM, Tominey SL, Tracy AN. Cost-Effectiveness Analyses on Various Models of The Red Light, Purple Light Self-Regulation Intervention for Young Children. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021;12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.711578.
Gonzales CR, Merculief A, McClelland MM, Ghetti S. The development of uncertainty monitoring during kindergarten: Change and longitudinal relations with executive function and vocabulary in children from low-income backgrounds. Child Dev. 2021. doi:10.1111/cdev.13714.
Rege M, Størksen I, Solli IF, et al. The Effects of a Structured Curriculum on Preschool Effectiveness: A Field Experiment. Journal of Human Resources. 2021:0220-10749R3. doi:10.3368/jhr.0220-10749R3.
Patwardhan I, Nelson TD, McClelland MM, W Mason A. Childhood Cognitive Flexibility and Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems: Examination of Prospective Bidirectional Associations. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2021. doi:10.1007/s10802-020-00757-x.
Gonzales CR, Bowles R, Geldhof GJ, Cameron CE, Tracy AN, McClelland MM. The Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders Revised (HTKS-R): Development and psychometric properties of a revision to reduce floor effects. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2021;56:320 - 332. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.03.008.

2020

Lenes R, Gonzales CR, Størksen I, McClelland MM. Children's Self-Regulation in Norway and the United States: The Role of Mother's Education and Child Gender Across Cultural Contexts. Front Psychol. 2020;11:566208. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.566208.
Lenes R, McClelland MM, Braak Dten, Idsøe T, Størksen I. Direct and indirect pathways from children’s early self-regulation to academic achievement in fifth grade in Norway. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2020;53:612 - 624. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.07.005.
Zakszeski B, Hojnoski RL, Dever BV, DuPaul GJ, McClelland MM. Early Elementary Trajectories of Classroom Behavior Self-Regulation: Prediction by Student Characteristics and Malleable Contextual Factors. School Psychology Review. 2020;49(2):161 - 177. doi:10.1080/2372966X.2020.1717373.
Finders JK, McClelland MM, Geldhof GJ, Rothwell D, Hatfield BE. Explaining achievement gaps in kindergarten and third grade: The role of self-regulation and executive function skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2020;54:72 - 85. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.07.008.

2019

Cameron CE, Kim H, Duncan RJ, Becker DR, McClelland MM. Bidirectional and co-developing associations of cognitive, mathematics, and literacy skills during kindergarten. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 2019;62:135 - 144. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2019.02.004.
McClelland MM, Cameron CE. Developing together: The role of executive function and motor skills in children’s early academic lives. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2019;46:142 - 151. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.03.014.
Braak Dten, Størksen I, Idsoe T, McClelland MM. Bidirectionality in self-regulation and academic skills in play-based early childhood education. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 2019;65:101064. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101064.
McClelland MM, Tominey SL, Schmitt SA, et al. Red Light, Purple Light! Results of an Intervention to Promote School Readiness for Children From Low-Income Backgrounds. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019;10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02365.
Cerino ES, Hooker K, Stawski RS, McClelland MM. A New Brief Measure of Executive Function: Adapting the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders Task to Older Adults. Gerontologist. 2019. doi:10.1093/geront/gny028.

2018

Becker DR, McClelland MM, Geldhof GJ, Gunter K, Macdonald M. Open-Skilled Sport, Sport Intensity, Executive Function, and Academic Achievement in Grade School Children. Early Education and Development. 2018;29(7):939 - 955. doi:10.1080/10409289.2018.1479079.
Distefano R, Galinsky E, McClelland MM, Zelazo PDavid, Carlson SM. Autonomy-supportive parenting and associations with child and parent executive function. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 2018;58:77 - 85. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2018.04.007.
Settersten RA, McClelland MM. Being Human in Hard Times. Research in Human Development. 2018;15(3-4):182 - 186. doi:10.1080/15427609.2018.1513123.