Inhibitory Control and Problem Solving in Early Childhood: Exploring the Burdens and Benefits of High Self-Control

Autor/inn/en	Hendry, Alexandra; Agyapong, Mary A.; D'Souza, Hana; Frick, Matilda A.; Portugal, Ana Maria; Konke, Linn Andersson; Cloke, Hamish; Bedford, Rachael; Smith, Tim J.; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Jones, Emily J. H.; Charman, Tony; Brocki, Karin C.
Titel	Inhibitory Control and Problem Solving in Early Childhood: Exploring the Burdens and Benefits of High Self-Control
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 31 (2022) 3, (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hendry, Alexandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.2297
Schlagwörter	Inhibition; Self Control; Problem Solving; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Persistence; Delay of Gratification; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hemmung; Selbstbeherrschung; Problemlösen; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Ausdauer; Schweden
Abstract	Low inhibitory control (IC) is sometimes associated with enhanced problem-solving amongst adults, yet for young children high IC is primarily framed as inherently better than low IC. Here, we explore associations between IC and performance on a novel problem-solving task, amongst 102 English 2- and 3-year-olds (Study 1) and 84 Swedish children, seen at 18-months and 4-years (Study 2). Generativity during problem-solving was negatively associated with IC, as measured by prohibition-compliance (Study 1, both ages, Study 2 longitudinally from 18-months). High parent-reported IC was associated with poorer overall problem-solving success, and greater perseveration (Study 1, 3-year-olds only). Benefits of high parent-reported IC on persistence could be accounted for by developmental level. No concurrent association was observed between problem-solving performance and IC as measured with a Delay-of-Gratification task (Study 2, concurrent associations at 4-years). We suggest that, for young children, high IC may confer burden on insight- and analytic-aspects of problem-solving. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01