Attention and Executive Functioning in Infancy: Links to Childhood Executive Function and Reading Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Blankenship, Tashauna L.; Slough, Madeline A.; Calkins, Susan D.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen; Bell, Martha Ann
Titel	Attention and Executive Functioning in Infancy: Links to Childhood Executive Function and Reading Achievement
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 22 (2019) 6, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12824
Schlagwörter	Attention; Executive Function; Infants; Reading Achievement; Individual Differences; Verbal Ability; Intelligence; Intelligence Quotient; Child Development; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufmerksamkeit; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Leseleistung; Individueller Unterschied; Mündliche Leistung; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Intelligenzquotient; Kindesentwicklung; Prädiktor
Abstract	This study provides the first analyses connecting individual differences in infant attention to reading achievement through the development of executive functioning (EF) in infancy and early childhood. Five-month-old infants observed a video, and peak look duration and shift rate were video coded and assessed. At 10 months, as well as 3, 4, and 6 years, children completed age-appropriate EF tasks (A-not-B task, hand game, forward digit span, backwards digit span, and number Stroop). Children also completed a standardized reading assessment and a measure of verbal intelligence (IQ) at age 6. Path analyses on 157 participants showed that infant attention had a direct statistical predictive effect on EF at 10 months, with EF showing a continuous pattern of development from 10 months to 6 years. EF and verbal IQ at 6 years had a direct effect on reading achievement. Furthermore, EF at all time points mediated the relation between 5-month attention and reading achievement. These findings may inform reading interventions by suggesting earlier intervention time points and specific cognitive processes (i.e. 5-month attention). (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01