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Sonya S. Myers
Researcher at Vanderbilt University
Publications - 11
Citations - 2706
Sonya S. Myers is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prosocial behavior & Early childhood. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications receiving 2281 citations. Previous affiliations of Sonya S. Myers include University of New Orleans & University of Virginia.
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The Role of the Family Context in the Development of Emotion Regulation
TL;DR: Current literature examining associations between components of the family context and children and adolescents' emotion regulation (ER) and a tripartite model of familial influence posited that children learn about ER through observational learning, modeling and social referencing.
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Developmental commentary: individual and contextual influences on student-teacher relationships and children's early problem behaviors.
Sonya S. Myers,Robert C. Pianta +1 more
TL;DR: Using a developmental systems model, this commentary provides a conceptual framework for understanding the contributions of individual and contextual factors to the development of early student–teacher relationships.
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Teacher-child racial/ethnic match within pre-kindergarten classrooms and children’s early school adjustment
TL;DR: This paper found that children would be perceived to be better adjusted at the beginning of pre-k when rated by a same race teacher than by a different race teacher, and children would demonstrate greater gains during the pre-K year when in the classroom of a same-race teacher.
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Rater calibration when observational assessment occurs at large scale: Degree of calibration and characteristics of raters associated with calibration
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the success of rater calibration across 2093 raters trained by the Office of Head Start (OHS) in 2008-2009 on the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and for a subsample of 704 raters, characteristics that predict their calibration.
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The Kenyan Political Conflict and Children’s Adjustment
TL;DR: This study examined pre- and postconflict data from 84 children living in Kibera, Kenya, during the December 2007 political conflict to indicate that children's disaster experiences are associated with adjustment difficulties and that emotion regulation is an important protective factor postdisaster.