Abstract: Objective　To explore the rapid development period and gender difference of effortful control and the component of effortful control in 3-6 years old children so as to lay a theoretical foundation for the training or intervention of children’s effortful control.Methods　In this study,we enrolled 130 3-6 years old children from two kindergartens in Beijing and chose five tasks including Walk-a-line,Turtle and Rabbit,Gift-in-Bag,Tower and Whisper to assess children’s effortful control in gross motor control,fine motor control,delay of gratification,suppressing/initiating activity to signal and controlling and adjusting voice with 4×2×5 mixed design from July to August in 2014.Results　The results of repeated measurement ANOVA showed:the interaction between age and every component of effortful control was significant（F=2.131，P=0.015）;the interaction between gender and every component of effortful control was significant（F=3.068，P=0.019）.The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that age had significant effect on the score of each component and the total score of effortful control（P<0.05）.The score of gross motor control of 3 years old children was significantly lower than that of 5,6 years old children,and 4 years old children was significantly lower than 5 years old children（P<0.05）.The score of fine motor control of 3,4 years old children was significantly lower than that of 5,6 years old children（P<0.05）.The score of delay of gratification and suppressing/initiating activity to signal of 3 years old children was significantly lower than that of 4,5,6 years old children（P<0.05）.The score of controlling and adjusting voice of 3 years old children was significantly lower than that of 4,5,6 years old children,and 4 years old children was significantly lower than that of 5,6 years old children（P<0.05）.The total score of effortful control of 3 years old children was significantly lower than that of 4,5,6 years old children,and 4 years old children was significantly lower than that of 5,6 years old children（P<0.05）.The results of independent samples t test showed that boys’ score was significantly higher than girls’ score in fine motor control（t=2.244，P=0.027）.Conclusion　The effortful control competence and every component are increasing with age,but the rapid developmental speeds are different for the different components.The competence of gross and fine motor control are in 4-5 years old,and the competence of delay of gratification and suppressing/initiating activity to signal are in 3-4 years old,while the competence of controlling and adjusting voice is in 3-5 years old.Boys’ performance is higher than girls’ only in the competence of fine motor control.

Key words: Child behavior, Effortful control, Rapid development period, Gender difference

摘要： 目的　探讨3～6岁儿童努力控制各成分的快速发展期及性别差异，为儿童努力控制训练及干预奠定理论基础。方法　于2014年7—8月在北京市两所幼儿园整群选取3～6岁儿童130名，采用4（年龄）×2（性别）×5（任务）的混合试验设计，通过选取努力控制试验的慢走、龟兔回家、袋中玩具、搭塔、低声耳语5项任务，评价儿童大动作控制、精细动作控制、延迟满足、根据信号抑制/启动活动及控制或调整声音的能力。结果　重复测量方差分析显示，年龄与各成分交互作用显著（F=2.131，P=0.015），性别与各成分交互作用显著（F=3.068，P=0.019）。为检验年龄的简单效应，对努力控制试验结果进行多因素方差分析发现，年龄对努力控制试验各成分评分及总分主效应均显著（P<0.05）。其中3岁儿童大动作控制评分低于5、6岁儿童，4岁儿童大动作控制评分低于5岁儿童；3、4岁儿童精细动作控制评分低于5、6岁儿童；3岁儿童延迟满足、根据信号抑制/启动活动评分低于4、5、6岁儿童；3岁儿童控制或调整声音评分低于4、5、6岁儿童，4岁儿童控制或调整声音评分低于5、6岁儿童；3岁儿童总分低于4、5、6岁儿童，4岁儿童总分低于5、6岁儿童，差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）。为检验性别的简单效应，对努力控制试验结果进行独立样本t检验，男童精细动作控制评分高于女童，差异有统计学意义（t=2.244，P=0.027）。结论　3～6岁儿童努力控制能力的增长呈现一定的年龄趋势，大动作控制、精细动作控制的快速发展期为4～5岁，延迟满足和根据信号抑制/启动活动的快速发展期为3～4岁，控制或调整声音的快速发展期为3～5岁，男童精细动作控制优于女童。

关键词: 儿童行为, 努力控制, 快速发展期, 性别差异