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Executive control throughout elementary school: Factor structure and associations with early childhood executive control.
Nelson, Timothy D; James, Tiffany D; Nelson, Jennifer Mize; Tomaso, Cara C; Espy, Kimberly Andrews.
Afiliación
  • Nelson TD; Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • James TD; Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Nelson JM; Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Tomaso CC; Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Espy KA; Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dev Psychol ; 58(4): 730-750, 2022 Apr.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35343719
This study examined the factor structure of executive control throughout elementary school, as well as associations between executive control abilities in preschool and elementary school. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of executive control development in a community sample of children (N = 294; 53% female, 47% male) oversampled for low family income (25.4% below poverty line; Mincome = $46,638; SD = $33,256). The sample was representative of the Midwestern city in which the study was conducted in terms of race (71.4% White, 24.5% multiracial, 3.7% Black, and .3% Asian American) and ethnicity (14% Hispanic). Children completed a battery of ten performance-based tasks assessing executive control abilities in grades 1 (Mage = 7.08 years), 2 (Mage = 8.04 years), 3 (Mage = 9.02 years), and 4 (Mage = 9.98 years). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure at each grade with factors representing working memory and inhibitory control/flexible shifting. Measurement invariance testing revealed partial scalar (indicator intercepts) invariance for working memory and partial metric (indicator loadings) and partial scalar invariance for inhibitory control/flexible shifting. Preschool executive control (age 4.5 years), represented by a unitary latent factor, significantly predicted working memory (ßs = .79, .72, .81, .66) and inhibitory control/flexible shifting (ßs = .69, .64, .63, .62) factors in grades 1 through 4. Follow-up analyses indicated that the findings were not attributable to general cognitive ability. Findings support greater separability of executive control components in elementary school versus preschool, and considerable continuity of executive control from preschool through elementary school. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Instituciones Académicas / Función Ejecutiva Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Dev Psychol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Instituciones Académicas / Función Ejecutiva Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Dev Psychol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos