Identifying Early Links between Temperament, Short-Term and Working Memory in Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Visu-Petra, Laura; Cheie, Lavinia; Câmpan, Maria; Scutelnicu, Ioana; Benga, Oana
Titel	Identifying Early Links between Temperament, Short-Term and Working Memory in Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 188 (2018) 1, S.32-45 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Visu-Petra, Laura)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2016.1246445
Schlagwörter	Personality; Short Term Memory; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Personality Traits; Anxiety; Attention Control; Kindergarten; Multivariate Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalität; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Korrelation; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Angst; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Multivariate Analyse; Statistische Analyse; Rumänien
Abstract	The present study aimed to investigate early interrelationships between temperament, short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM), while also relating them to incipient anxious traits in a sample of 4-7-year-olds. Preschoolers were evaluated using verbal and visuospatial STM and WM tasks, while parental reports were used to assess children's temperamental predispositions (impulsivity, negative affect, and effortful control) and trait anxiety. Although STM and WM performances increased with age, findings revealed that irrespective of age-related improvements, (1) greater visuospatial short-term spans were predicted by higher levels of effortful control, and by lower levels of impulsivity and (2) better verbal and visuospatial WM performances were predicted by lower levels of impulsivity. The analyses did not confirm the anticipated impact of negative affect and trait anxiety; yet the overall low levels of trait anxiety impede us from drawing firm conclusions. Current findings expand our understanding regarding WM development variations by emphasizing the influential role of temperament. (As Provided).
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