on,NortheastNormalUniversity,Changchun130024)Abstract:Theself—esteem,petenceofpreschoolersaged4—6weremeasuredusingevaluationbyothers,semi—structuredobservationoffree—prehensivetests.Andthemodelsofrelationsamongthethreevariableswerecon—structed.Theresultsshowedthat(1)Inthefirstmodel,therewerethreesignificantpaths.Persistenceonmaterialswithmorecognitionengagedandlesseffectproducedexplained12%ofvarianceincognition—learning,andPersistenceonmaterialswithlesscognitionen.gagedandmoreeffectproducedexplained4%ofvarianceinfinemotor.Further.petenceexplained17%ofva.petenceofself—esteem;(2)Inthesecondmodel,thereweretwosignificantpaths.Thetransitioninmasteryex.plained18%ofvarianceincognition—·learningandcognition—-learningexplained11%petenceofself.—esteem.Keywords:self——esteem;petence;preschoolers;model