Relations between Executive Functions, Theory of Mind, and Functional Outcomes in Middle Childhood.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-12 DOI:10.1080/87565641.2021.1988086

Jennifer Wilson, Christy Hogan, Si Wang, Glenda Andrews, David H K Shum

引用次数: 4

Abstract

This study examined whether hot and cool executive functions (EFs) differentially predicted functional outcomes and the independent and mediating roles of theory of mind (ToM). 126 children completed tests of hot and cool EF, ToM, intelligence, and academic achievement. Parents completed questionnaires of peer problems and prosocial behavior. Hot and cool EFs differentially predicted intelligence and academic achievement, supporting a hot-cool distinction. ToM predicted word reading and prosocial behavior but did not mediate any associations between EF and functional outcomes. Findings contribute to current understandings of EF and its relationship with functional outcomes in middle childhood.

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儿童中期执行功能、心理理论和功能结果的关系。

本研究考察了热执行功能和冷执行功能对功能结果的预测差异以及心理理论的独立和中介作用。126名儿童完成了EF、ToM、智力和学业成绩的冷热测试。家长完成同伴问题和亲社会行为问卷。热的和冷的电磁场对智力和学业成就的预测不同，支持热冷的区分。ToM预测单词阅读和亲社会行为，但EF和功能结果之间没有任何关联。研究结果有助于目前对EF的理解及其与儿童中期功能结局的关系。

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Developmental Neuropsychology 医学-心理学

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Devoted to exploring relationships between brain and behavior across the life span, Developmental Neuropsychology publishes scholarly papers on the appearance and development of behavioral functions, such as language, perception, and social, motivational and cognitive processes as they relate to brain functions and structures. Appropriate subjects include studies of changes in cognitive function—brain structure relationships across a time period, early cognitive behaviors in normal and brain-damaged children, plasticity and recovery of function after early brain damage, the development of complex cognitive and motor skills, and specific and nonspecific disturbances, such as learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia, stuttering, and developmental aphasia. In the gerontologic areas, relevant subjects include neuropsychological analyses of normal age-related changes in brain and behavioral functions, such as sensory, motor, cognitive, and adaptive abilities; studies of age-related diseases of the nervous system; and recovery of function in later life. Empirical studies, research reviews, case reports, critical commentaries, and book reviews are featured in each issue. By publishing both basic and clinical studies of the developing and aging brain, the journal encourages additional scholarly work that advances understanding of the field of lifespan developmental neuropsychology.