Examining the Role of Demographic Characteristics, Attachment, and Language in Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills

Autor/inn/en	Palomino, Cinthia I.; Brudvig, Andrea
Titel	Examining the Role of Demographic Characteristics, Attachment, and Language in Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 192 (2022) 12, S.1967-1981 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Palomino, Cinthia I.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2021.1958803
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Language Acquisition; Executive Function; Gender Differences; Receptive Language; Attachment Behavior; Social Emotional Learning; At Risk Persons; Preschool Education; Low Income Groups; Federal Programs; Student Characteristics; Language Skills; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Academic Achievement; Socioeconomic Status; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Likert Scales; Adults; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Risikogruppe; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulleistung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Executive function (EF) skills play a crucial role in young children's academic and social-emotional development. Given that factors associated with poverty can compromise the development of EF skills, it is vital to continue to examine what factors help predict and support EF skills in children from at-risk backgrounds. Using a sample of Head Start children (N=43), we examined the role of children's demographic characteristics, attachment relationship to adults, and receptive language skills and bilingual status in children's EF skills. Results of the analysis showed that most children in this sample performed within the 'average' range in EF performance and that females performed significantly higher on the MEFS compared to boys. Results from a sequential regression analysis showed that receptive language skills in English and being bilingual were predictive of EF skills above and beyond demographic characteristics and attachment relationship to adults. Implications for early childhood learning and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01