Bi-Directional Relations between Behavioral Problems and Executive Function: Assessing the Longitudinal Development of Self-Regulation
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| Title: | Bi-Directional Relations between Behavioral Problems and Executive Function: Assessing the Longitudinal Development of Self-Regulation |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chen Li (ORCID |
| Source: | Grantee Submission. 2022. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 46 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Institute of Education Sciences (ED) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R305A190521 R01HD046160 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Self Control, Executive Function, Children, Adolescents, Low Income Groups, Correlation, Child Development |
| DOI: | 10.1111/desc.13331 |
| Abstract: | During childhood, the ability to limit problem behaviors (i.e., externalizing) and the capacity for cognitive regulation (i.e., executive function) are often understood to develop in tandem, and together constitute two major components of self-regulation research. The current study examines bi-directional relations between behavioral problems and executive function over the course of childhood and adolescence. Relying on a diverse sample of children growing up in low-income neighborhoods, we applied a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to longitudinally test associations between behavioral problems and executive function from age 4 through age 16. With this approach, which disaggregated between- and within-child variation, we did not observe significant cross-lagged paths, suggesting that within-child development in one domain did not strongly relate to development in the other. We also observed a moderate correlation between the stable between-child components of behavioral problems and executive function over time in our preferred model, suggesting that these two domains may be relatively distinct when modeled from early childhood through adolescence. [This paper was published in "Developmental Science" Article e13331.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | http://doi.org/10.3886/E182562V1 |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | ED646737 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | During childhood, the ability to limit problem behaviors (i.e., externalizing) and the capacity for cognitive regulation (i.e., executive function) are often understood to develop in tandem, and together constitute two major components of self-regulation research. The current study examines bi-directional relations between behavioral problems and executive function over the course of childhood and adolescence. Relying on a diverse sample of children growing up in low-income neighborhoods, we applied a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to longitudinally test associations between behavioral problems and executive function from age 4 through age 16. With this approach, which disaggregated between- and within-child variation, we did not observe significant cross-lagged paths, suggesting that within-child development in one domain did not strongly relate to development in the other. We also observed a moderate correlation between the stable between-child components of behavioral problems and executive function over time in our preferred model, suggesting that these two domains may be relatively distinct when modeled from early childhood through adolescence. [This paper was published in "Developmental Science" Article e13331.] |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/desc.13331 |
