Joining university for the first time is a challenging phase for first-year students. They are required to adapt not only to the academic context but to their personal, social, and emotional condition. The dynamics of college present a variety of challenges that arise as a result of the transition from high school to college. This study aims to analyze college adjustment of first-year students and the obstacles that arise from the academic, social, personal, and institutional dimensions. This study used mixed-method research. The sample was consisted of 235 first-year students of Al Azhar University (73.9% women) and filled out the Student Adaptation to College questionnaire. Qualitative data used purposive sampling to deepen the constraints felt by students in their first year. Semi structure interviews were conducted with 12 respondents to examine their experiences toward the first year of college. The results showed that 44.7% of first-year students had a low college adjustment level. Content analysis reveals that first-year students experienced varied academic, social, personal, and institutional problems. Therefore, the first-year student adapting process still needs attention from stakeholders.

Parental caregiving is a cornerstone of child's early education primarily their cognitive performance. A positive attachment quality has proven to contribute to the child's higher-order thinking process, supported by cool and hot executive function (EF) skills. However, previous studies still found inconsistencies, particularly of which cool and hot EF components are being affected. Moreover, the presence of mother and father figure in parenting enriched the finding of child EF, but studies about father's figure related to child attachment quality are still limited. This study was a preliminary study that aimed to investigate the relationship between child's attachment quality with both mother and father and child's cool and hot EF on preschoolers. Child's attachment quality was assessed using ASCT (Attachment Story Completion Task) and child's EF was measured using Executive Function Battery Test. All of the activities were videotaped. Partial correlation was used to investigate the relationship between child attachment quality and child EF while gender, age and child attachment with one of the attachment figure are controlled. The result found that controlling variables influence the correlation between child's attachment quality and EF skills. This study presented important finding to improve the quality of early education through ameliorating parent-child relationship.Keywords: executive function, preschooler, quality of attachment URGENSI PENDIDIKAN USIA DINI: KEKUATAN KUALITAS ATTACHMENT DALAM MEMPREDIKSI EXECUTIVE FUNCTION ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH AbstrakPengasuhan merupakan hal penting dalam pendidikan usia dini terutama berkaitan dengan performa kognitif yang dimiliki anak. Kualitas attachment yang adaptif terbukti memprediksi pemrosesan informasi yang dilatarbelakangi oleh kemampuan cool dan hot executive function (EF). Namun, temuan penelitian sebelumnya masih tidak konsisten, utamanya terkait komponen EF yang terprediksi berkaitan dengan kualitas attachment. Di sisi lain, keterlibatan ibu dan ayah dalam pengasuhan memperkaya temuan terkait EF anak, tetapi penelitian mengenai peran ayah berkaitan dengan kualitas attachment masih terbatas. Penelitian ini merupakan study awal yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kualitas attachment yang dimiliki anak baik dengan ibu maupun ayah dan kemampuan cool dan hot EF pada anak usia prasekolah. Kualitas attachment diukur menggunakan ASCT (Attachment Story Completion Task) dan kemampuan EF menggunakan battery-test EF. Semua kegiatan pengukuran direkam. Korelasi parsial digunakan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kualitas attachment anak dan kemampuan EF anak dengan mengontrol jenis kelamin dan usia anak serta kualitas attachment yang anak miliki dengan figur orang tua yang lain. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa variabelvariabel yang dikontrol ikut serta memprediksi adanya hubungan antara kualitas attachment dan kemampuan EF anak. Penelitian ini menggambarkan temuan penting untuk meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan anak usia dini dengan memupuk hubungan a...

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Parental caregiving is a cornerstone of child's early education primarily their cognitive performance. A positive attachment quality has proven to contribute to the child's higher-order thinking process, supported by cool and hot executive function (EF) skills. However, previous studies still found inconsistencies, particularly of which cool and hot EF components are being affected. Moreover, the presence of mother and father figure in parenting enriched the finding of child EF, but studies about father's figure related to child attachment quality are still limited. This study was a preliminary study that aimed to investigate the relationship between child's attachment quality with both mother and father and child's cool and hot EF on preschoolers. Child's attachment quality was assessed using ASCT (Attachment Story Completion Task) and child's EF was measured using Executive Function Battery Test. All of the activities were videotaped. Partial correlation was used to investigate the relationship between child attachment quality and child EF while gender, age and child attachment with one of the attachment figure are controlled. The result found that controlling variables influence the correlation between child's attachment quality and EF skills. This study presented important finding to improve the quality of early education through ameliorating parent-child relationship.