AU - Mohammadi Farahmand, Gholam Reza AU - Alizadeh, Masoud AU - karimi, Zahra AU - Saboori, Soma TI - Effectiveness of Quinn's early program on readiness to enter elementary school and social-emotional competence of preschool children PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - jarac JN - jarac VO - 5 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://jarac.iranmehr.ac.ir/article-1-156-en.html 4100 - http://jarac.iranmehr.ac.ir/article-1-156-en.pdf SO - jarac 1 ABĀ  - Objective: Preschool years, a sensitive period of transformation in all dimensions, which is associated with flexibility, learning experience and providing environmental stimuli, is very important. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Quinn's early program on the readiness to enter elementary school and social-emotional competence of preschool children. Method: The current study was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages with a control group design. The statistical population of the research was made up of preschool children in areas 1 to 5 of Tehran in 2021; for each sample group, 15 individuals (30 people in total) were selected as a sample by random sampling and were assigned to two experimental and control groups. The research tools included the Zhu and Ee’s (2012) emotional competence scale and Lils’ school readiness scale (2009). SPSS statistical software and multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measurements were used to analyze the data. Finally, Bonferroni's post hoc test was used to measure the stability of the effects. Results: The results of the statistical analysis of the data show that Quinn's early program significantly increased the readiness to enter elementary school and the social-emotional competence of preschool children upon entering elementary school in the experimental group, and this effect was stable in the follow-up phase. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Quinn's program is effective on the readiness to enter elementary school and social-emotional competence of preschool children; therefore, this program can be used for this purpose in kindergartens and preschools. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - jarac PG - 34 PT - Original Research YR - 2023