Fantasy Orientation Constructs and Related Executive Function Development in Preschool: Developmental Benefits to Executive Functions by Being a Fantasy-Oriented Child

Autor/inn/en	Pierucci, Jillian M.; O'Brien, Christopher T.; McInnis, Melissa A.; Gilpin, Ansley Tullos; Barber, Angela B.
Titel	Fantasy Orientation Constructs and Related Executive Function Development in Preschool: Developmental Benefits to Executive Functions by Being a Fantasy-Oriented Child
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 38 (2014) 1, S.62-69 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025413508512
Schlagwörter	Fantasy; Executive Function; Regression (Statistics); Child Development; Child Behavior; Task Analysis; Questionnaires; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Correlation; Schemata (Cognition); Preschool Children; Play; Imagination; Inhibition; Interviews; Hierarchical Linear Modeling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fantasie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kindesentwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; Fragebogen; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Spiel; Hemmung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This study explored unique constructs of fantasy orientation and whether there are developmental benefits for fantasy-oriented children. By age 3, children begin developing executive functions, with some children exhibiting high fantasy orientation in their cognitions and behaviors. Preschoolers ("n" = 106) completed fantasy orientation measures and executive function tasks, including parent and teacher questionnaires. Principal Component Analysis revealed four specific constructs within fantasy orientation (FO). Relations were examined between children's FO constructs and executive functions to determine if developmental benefits exist with being fantasy-oriented. Hierarchical linear regressions suggested that certain FO constructs are uniquely related to specific executive functions, such that there are potentially specific developmental benefits to being a fantasy-oriented child (i.e., inhibition and attention shift positively related to fantastical cognitions). (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10