心理学
认知灵活性
执行职能
认知
发展心理学
心理干预
纵向研究
测量不变性
验证性因素分析
认知发展
灵活性(工程)
工作记忆
幼儿
结构方程建模
统计
数学
神经科学
精神科
作者
Natalie Castellanos‐Ryan,Sophie Parent,Sophie Chaput‐Langlois,Charlie Rioux,Sophie Jacques,C Simard,Richard E. Tremblay,Jean R. Séguin,Philip David Zelazo
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101365
摘要
This study examined (1) longitudinal invariance of executive function (EF) factors across early childhood, (2) EF development, and (3) its association with later cognitive functions and academic performance. We measured cognitive flexibility, working memory, inhibitory control, and complex EF in 465 children (72% white) at 3.5, 5, 6, and 7 years. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a one-factor EF model at each age. Across time, factor loadings were invariant, and intercepts were invariant for measures of cognitive flexibility only. In latent growth analyses, EF increased more rapidly between 3.5 and 6 than 6–7 years. EF at 3.5 years and its growth (slope from 3.5 to 7 years) predicted later executive and non-executive function in hypothesized ways, indicating that the factor captured EF rather than other general cognitive abilities. Moreover, EF at 3.5 years and its growth predicted academic performance at 9 and 17 years, suggesting that interventions to improve EF could have the potential to improve academic performance across elementary and secondary education. The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, NCR, upon reasonable request, but are subject to institutional, federal and provincial privacy regulations.
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