Publications
Selected publications
Korucu, I.,Duncan, R. J., Kenny, S. A., Gonzales, C. R., Ahmadi, A., Karing, J. T., & McClelland, M. M. (2025). The Head–Toes–Knees–Shoulders Task as a Screening Tool for Kindergarten-Level Achievement. Behavioral Sciences, 15(11),
Korucu, I., Paes, T. M., Costello, L.,* Duncan, R. J., Purpura, D. J., & Schmitt, S. A (2023). The role of peers’ executive function and classroom quality in preschoolers’ executive function and academic skills. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 86, Ìý
Duncan, R. J., Korucu, I., & Schmitt., S. A. (2023). Variations in early life home environment quality and children’s academic achievement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 85.
Devlin, B. L., Paes, T. M., Geer, E. A., Bryant, L. M., Zehner, T. M., Korucu, I., Morse, K. E., Duncan, R. J., Purpura, D. J., Schmitt, S. A. (2023). Moving beyond dosage and adherence: A four-step protocol for capturing dimensions of young children’s engagement as a measure of implementation fidelity of social-emotional learning interventions. Frontiers in Psychology. Ìý
Korucu, I., Ayturk, E., Finders, J., Schnur, G.,* Bailey, C. S., Tominey, S., & Schmitt, S. A. (2022). Self-regulation in preschool: Examining its factor structure and associations with pre-academic skills and social-emotional competence. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.
Schmitt, S. A., Finders, J., Duncan, R. J., Korucu, I., Bryant, L., Purpura., D. J., & Elicker, J. (2021). Exploring longitudinal and bidirectional links between executive function and social-emotional competence in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 57(12), 2093–2105.
Britto, P. R., Hanoz-Penney, S., Pontuga, L. A., Sunar, D., Issa, G., Hein, S. D., Rosario, M. C., Almuneef, M. A., Korucu, I., Togo, Y., Kurbonov, J., Choibekow, N., Phan, H. T. T., Fallon, S., Artukoglu, B., Hartl, F., Salah, R., Fitzpatrick, S., Connolly, P., Dunne, L., Miller, S., Pruett, K., & Leckman, J. (2020). Pathways to a more peaceful and sustainable world: The transformative power of children in families. Development and Psychopathology, 1–12.
Korucu, I., & Schmitt, S. A. (2020). The continuity and change in the home environment and associations with school readiness. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 97-107. Ìý Ìý
Korucu, I., Litkowski, E., & Schmitt, S. A. (2020). Examining associations between the home literacy environment, executive function, and school readiness. Early Education and Development, 31, 455-473.
Korucu, I., Litkowski, E., Purpura, D. J., & Schmitt, S. A. (2020). Parental executive function as a predictor of parenting practices and children’s executive function. Infant and Child Development, 29, 1-16.
Korucu, I., Rolan, E., Napoli, A. R., Purpura, D. J., & Schmitt, S. A. (2019). Development of the Home Executive Function Environment (HEFE) Scale: Assessing its relation to preschoolers’ executive function. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 9-19.
Schmitt, S. A., Korucu, I., Napoli, A. R., Bryant, L., & Purpura, D. J. (2018). Using block play to enhance preschool children’s mathematics and executive function: A randomized controlled trial. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 44,Ìý181-191.
Korucu, I., Yagmurlu, B., & Harma, M. (2017). Self-regulation: Relations with theory of mind and social behavior. Infant and Child Development, 26, 1-23.
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