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Are there associations between sedentary time inside and outside preschools with preschoolers' executive function? 幼儿园内外的久坐时间与学龄前儿童的执行功能是否有关联？

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-28 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2310101

Thaynã Bezerra, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Natalia Goulart, Jorge Mota, Anastácio Souza Filho, Cain C T Clark, Paulo Bandeira, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins

{"title":"Are there associations between sedentary time inside and outside preschools with preschoolers' executive function?","authors":"Thaynã Bezerra, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Natalia Goulart, Jorge Mota, Anastácio Souza Filho, Cain C T Clark, Paulo Bandeira, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2310101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2310101","url":null,"abstract":"Preschool children spend a large part of their day at school, and a large part of that time they spend in sedentary time. Although sedentary time negatively affects regions of the brain responsible for cognition, it is believed that the type of sedentary time performed can favor executive functions' performance. The present study explored the associations between sedentary time inside and outside preschools with executive function (EF) tasks in preschoolers. Seventy-three preschool children (60% girls; 55.0 ± 9.1 months of age) were objectively assessed for sedentary time and physical activity (PA) using accelerometers (wGT3X). EF was evaluated using the Go/No-Go paradigm through the Early Years Toolbox - YET. Go's inverse efficiency (IE) and the No-Go accuracy were analyzed. To establish possible associations between EF and sedentary time, a structural equation model was conducted after adjustments for sex, age, body mass index, and moderate-to-vigorous PA. A significant and positive association between sedentary time on weekend days and IE (b = 0.61; p < .001) was observed. The general model explained 52% of the variation in IE and 2.1% in the accuracy of No-Go. The sedentary time on weekend days seems to be related to worse EI. This result emphasizes a context-dependent association between time being sedentary and preschoolers' EF. Further investigations should focus on exploring the type of sedentary behavior children are engaged in different contexts.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139569507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Caregiver-reported infant motor and imitation skills predict M-CHAT-R/F. 护理人员报告的婴儿运动和模仿能力可预测 M-CHAT-R/F。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2304378

Samantha Levick, Angela D Staples, Seth Warschausky, Alissa Huth-Bocks, H Gerry Taylor, Jennifer C Gidley Larson, Catherine Peterson, Angela Lukomski, Renée Lajiness-O'Neill

{"title":"Caregiver-reported infant motor and imitation skills predict M-CHAT-R/F.","authors":"Samantha Levick, Angela D Staples, Seth Warschausky, Alissa Huth-Bocks, H Gerry Taylor, Jennifer C Gidley Larson, Catherine Peterson, Angela Lukomski, Renée Lajiness-O'Neill","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2304378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2304378","url":null,"abstract":"Altered motor and social-communicative abilities in infancy have been linked to later ASD diagnosis. Most diagnostic instruments for ASD cannot be utilized until 12 months, and the average child is diagnosed substantially later. Imitation combines motor and social-communicative skills and is commonly atypical in infants at risk for ASD. However, few measures have been developed to assess infant imitation clinically. One barrier to the diagnostic age gap of ASD is accessibility of screening and diagnostic services. Utilization of caregiver report to reliably screen for ASD mitigates such barriers and could aid in earlier detection. The present study developed and validated a caregiver-report measure of infant imitation at 4, 6, and 9 months and explored the relationship between caregiver-reported imitation and motor abilities with later ASD risk. Participants (N = 571) were caregivers of term and preterm infants recruited as part of a large multi-site study of PediaTrac™, a web-based tool for monitoring and tracking infant development. Caregivers completed online surveys and established questionnaires on a schedule corresponding to well-child visits from birth to 18 months, including the M-CHAT-R/F at 18 months. Distinct imitation factors were derived from PediaTrac at 4, 6, and 9 months via factor analysis. The results supported validity of the imitation factors via associations with measures of infant communication (CSBS; ASQ). Imitation and motor skills at 9 months predicted 18-month ASD risk over and above gestational age. Implications for assessment of infant imitation, detecting ASD risk in the first year, and contributing to access to care are discussed.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11272902/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139563733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Validation of the autism behavior checklist in Egyptian children with autism spectrum disorder. 在埃及自闭症谱系障碍儿童中验证自闭症行为核对表。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2309016

Reham I Abdelmageed, Azza M Youssef, Lamiaa S Rihan, Asmaa W Abdelaziz

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Social functioning in children with ADHD: an examination of inhibition, self-control, and working memory as potential mediators. 多动症儿童的社交功能：抑制、自我控制和工作记忆作为潜在中介的研究。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2304375

Caitlin C Bullard, R Matt Alderson, Delanie K Roberts, Miho O Tatsuki, Maureen A Sullivan, Michael J Kofler

{"title":"Social functioning in children with ADHD: an examination of inhibition, self-control, and working memory as potential mediators.","authors":"Caitlin C Bullard, R Matt Alderson, Delanie K Roberts, Miho O Tatsuki, Maureen A Sullivan, Michael J Kofler","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2304375","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2304375","url":null,"abstract":"Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience a host of social problems, in addition to significant impairments in behavioral inhibition, working memory, and self-control. Behavioral inhibition and working memory difficulties have been linked with social functioning deficits, but to date, most studies have examined these neurocognitive problems either in isolation or as an aggregate measure in relation to social problems, and none has considered the role of self-control. Thus, it remains unclear whether all of these executive functions are linked with social problems or if the link can be more parsimoniously explained by construct overlap. Fifty-eight children with ADHD and 63 typically developing (TD) children completed tests assessing self-control, behavioral inhibition, and working memory; parents and teachers rated children's social functioning. Examination of potential indirect effects with the bootstrapping procedure indicated that working memory mediated the relation between group membership (ADHD, TD) and child social functioning based on teacher but not parent ratings. Behavioral inhibition and self-control did not have direct relations with either parent- or teacher-rated social functioning. These findings point to important differences regarding how executive functioning difficulties manifest at school compared to home, as well as the specific executive function components that predict ADHD-related social difficulties.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11269528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139545737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Early life parechovirus infection neuropsychological outcomes at 8 years: a cohort study. 早期帕雷奇病毒感染 8 年后的神经心理学结果：一项队列研究。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2307664

Lauren Briscoe, Marie Antoinette Hodge, Melanie Porter, Rebecca Burrell, Natalie Fairbairn, Amanda Fang, Philip Britton

{"title":"Early life parechovirus infection neuropsychological outcomes at 8 years: a cohort study.","authors":"Lauren Briscoe, Marie Antoinette Hodge, Melanie Porter, Rebecca Burrell, Natalie Fairbairn, Amanda Fang, Philip Britton","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2307664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2307664","url":null,"abstract":"Human parechovirus (HPeV) is a leading cause of Central Nervous System (CNS) infection in infancy. Despite this, little is known regarding the long-term neuropsychological impacts from HPeV infection. The aim of the present study was to explore the long-term neuropsychological impacts eight-year post-HPeV infection contracted during infancy. This study also aimed to investigate the differential impacts of HPeV itself compared to the effects of secondary meningitis (n = 23) or encephalitis (n = 3) associated with HPeV infection. Thirty-nine HPeV children participated in the study. Children completed performance-based measures of neuropsychological and language functioning (the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Fourth Edition, and the Test of Everyday Attention for Children). Parents completed questionnaire-based measures of emotional, behavioral, and pragmatic language functioning (the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Social Communication Questionnaire). Results revealed that, overall, children with HPeV were significantly more impaired on measures of selective, sustained, and divided attention compared to normative test populations. The current study incidentally found at least double the prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the HPeV sample than what is typical in the normal population, suggesting that HPeV infection during infancy may be a risk factor for the later development of ADHD. Additionally, the presence of secondary meningitis or encephalitis did not relate to poorer neuropsychological outcomes in the current sample. The findings of this study have important implications regarding clinical management for children following HPeV infection in infancy.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139520101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Cognition and Emotion Batteries among children and adolescents with congenital heart defects. 美国国立卫生研究院工具箱认知和情绪测验在先天性心脏病儿童和青少年中的心理测量特性。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2302690

Julia Wallace, Rafael Ceschin, Vince K Lee, Nancy H Beluk, Cheryl Burns, Sue Beers, Cecilia Lo, Ashok Panigrahy, Daryaneh Badaly

{"title":"Psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Cognition and Emotion Batteries among children and adolescents with congenital heart defects.","authors":"Julia Wallace, Rafael Ceschin, Vince K Lee, Nancy H Beluk, Cheryl Burns, Sue Beers, Cecilia Lo, Ashok Panigrahy, Daryaneh Badaly","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2302690","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2302690","url":null,"abstract":"The NIH Toolbox offers brief, computerized measures of cognitive and psychosocial functioning. However, its psychometric properties were established among typically developing children and adolescents. The current study provides the first comprehensive assessment of its psychometric properties among young patients with congenital heart defects (CHD). We prospectively recruited 58 patients with CHD and 80 healthy controls between the ages of 6 and 17. Participants completed the NIH Toolbox Cognition and Emotion Batteries, a battery of clinician-administered neuropsychological tests, and ratings of their quality of life. Their parents also completed ratings of their functioning. On the Cognition Battery, we found expectable group differences and developmentally expected gains across ages. For the most part, composites and subtests were significantly correlated with neuropsychological measures of similar constructs. Higher scores were generally associated with ratings of better day-to-day functioning among children with CHD. On the Emotion Battery, we found no significant group differences, echoing prior research. For the most part, scales showed acceptable internal consistency among both groups. There was adequate construct coherence for most of questionnaires among healthy control but not participants with CHD. Correlations with a comparison tool were largely within expectable directions. The NIH Toolbox may provide a valid and useful assessment of cognitive functioning among youths with CHD. While it may offer reliable and valid scales of psychosocial functioning, further research is needed to understand the meaningfulness of the scales for participants with CHD.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11260899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139512063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Differential neuropsychological profiles in children and adolescents with motor disability in an inclusive educational setting. 全纳教育环境中运动障碍儿童和青少年的神经心理学特征差异。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2304377

M Isabel García-Castro, Julio Menor, Juan C Alvarez-Carriles

{"title":"Differential neuropsychological profiles in children and adolescents with motor disability in an inclusive educational setting.","authors":"M Isabel García-Castro, Julio Menor, Juan C Alvarez-Carriles","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2304377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2304377","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to determine the potential cognitive impairment associated with motor disability in a group of children attending regular schools and to analyze whether there were different cognitive profiles according to the type of motor disability they presented. The study had 87 participants, 31 healthy and 56 with three types of motor disability: Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD Group), Cerebral Palsy-Hemiparesis (CP- HPx Group) and Cerebral Palsy-Diplegia (CP-DP). Ages ranged from 6 to 18 years and they had medium and medium-high socioeconomic and cultural levels. All participants attended regular state-funded and independent schools in an inclusive modality. The neuropsychological assessment included the following cognitive domains: processing speed, working memory, verbal and visual episodic memory, language, visuo-perception and constructive praxis and executive functioning. A second analysis was performed with the groups with CP: one based on the severity of gross motor impairment (GMFCS-E&R scale) and the other based on the levels of manual dexterity (MACS scale). ANCOVAs were performed controlling for age and processing speed in the three analyses. The group with CP-HPx was shown to be the most cognitively impaired of the three groups, with significant deficits in visuo-perception, verbal working memory, and visuo-spatial memory. Subjects with greater gross motor dysfunction (GMFCS-E&R) did not show the greatest cognitive impairment, while those with worse manual dexterity (MACS) exhibited greater cognitive impairment. Children and adolescents with motor disabilities, a priori cognitively normal, present different levels of cognitive impairment. This should be considered when planning educational adaptations for this infant-juvenile population.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Kids name the darndest things: confrontation naming in pediatric neuropsychology. 孩子们会说出最难听的名字：儿科神经心理学中的对抗命名。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2305500

Jared B Hammond, Sydney G Fortner, Jonathan D Lichtenstein

{"title":"Kids name the darndest things: confrontation naming in pediatric neuropsychology.","authors":"Jared B Hammond, Sydney G Fortner, Jonathan D Lichtenstein","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2024.2305500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2305500","url":null,"abstract":"Few confrontation naming tests are designed for pediatric populations. The Children's Visual Naming Test (cVNT; Hamberger et al., 2018) was developed to fill this gap. No independent studies using cVNT with clinical populations have been published to date. We aimed to characterize cVNT performance in a clinical sample and analyze the relationship between cVNT and other neuropsychological tests/constructs. Retrospective data was collected from 126 consecutively referred youth, aged 6-15 years (M = 11.28, SD = 2.80), who underwent clinical neuropsychological evaluation through an academic medical center. Naming under 2 seconds (cVNT-L2) and the summary scores (cVNT-SUM) were lower compared to the normative sample (cVNT-L2: Mz =-1.30, SD = 2.17; cVNT-SUM: Mz =-1.26, SD = 2.15). cVNT was related to core verbal abilities, processing speed, and response inhibition. cVNT-L2 and cVNT-SUM, but not naming under 20 seconds, were related to overall intellectual functioning, verbal fluency, and working memory, and were associated with overall attention, processing speed, executive functions, and verbal fluency. The cVNT provides assessment of confrontation naming without downward extension in pediatric neuropsychological assessment. Importantly, cVNT offers variables of higher fidelity to the neural process of naming than previous measures. cVNT may be associated with commonly assessed neuropsychological functions, providing a rapidly effective tool for screening batteries or improving efficiency.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stability of executive function in children born at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia. 新生儿低血糖风险儿童执行功能的稳定性。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-11-27 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2285391

Darren W T Dai, Gavin T L Brown, Nike Franke, Gregory D Gamble, Christopher J D McKinlay, Samson Nivins, Rajesh Shah, Trecia A Wouldes, Jane E Harding

{"title":"Stability of executive function in children born at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia.","authors":"Darren W T Dai, Gavin T L Brown, Nike Franke, Gregory D Gamble, Christopher J D McKinlay, Samson Nivins, Rajesh Shah, Trecia A Wouldes, Jane E Harding","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2285391","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2023.2285391","url":null,"abstract":"Executive function plays an important role in promoting learning and social-emotional development in children. Neonatal hypoglycemia associates with executive function difficulties at 4.5 years, but little is known about the development of executive function over time in children born at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia. We aimed to describe the stability of executive function from early to mid-childhood in children born at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia and its association with neonatal hypoglycemia. Participants in a prospective cohort study of infants born at risk for neonatal hypoglycemia were assessed at ages 2, 4.5, and 9-10 years. We assessed executive function with batteries of performance-based and questionnaire-based measures, and classified children into one of four stability groups (persistent typical, intermittent typical, intermittent difficulty, and persistent difficulty) based on dichotomized scores (typical versus low at each age). Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the associations between neonatal hypoglycemia and executive function stability groups. Three hundred and nine children, of whom 197 (64%) experienced neonatal hypoglycemia were assessed. The majority of children had stable and typical performance-based (63%) and questionnaire-based (68%) executive function across all three ages. Around one-third (30-36%) of children had transient difficulties, and only a few (0.3-1.9%) showed persistent difficulties in executive function at all ages. There was no consistent evidence of an association between neonatal hypoglycemia and the stability of executive function. Neonatal hypoglycemia does not appear to predict a specific pattern of development of executive function in children born at risk.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11128537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138444028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effectiveness of ENGAGE in reducing difficulties in everyday executive functions among Finnish preschoolers: a randomized controlled trial. ENGAGE在减少芬兰学龄前儿童日常执行功能困难方面的有效性：一项随机对照试验。

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Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-08 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2164568

Liisa Klenberg, Sini Teivaanmäki, Vesa Närhi, Noona Kiuru, Dione Healey

{"title":"Effectiveness of ENGAGE in reducing difficulties in everyday executive functions among Finnish preschoolers: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Liisa Klenberg, Sini Teivaanmäki, Vesa Närhi, Noona Kiuru, Dione Healey","doi":"10.1080/09297049.2022.2164568","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09297049.2022.2164568","url":null,"abstract":"Effective interventions applicable for young preschool-age children are needed to reduce the risk of widespread and sustained adversities that are linked to early executive function (EF) difficulties. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the effectiveness of the play-based ENGAGE intervention in improving behavioral outcomes related to EFs among Finnish preschool-age children with hyperactivity and/or inattention problems. 95 children between 4 and 5 years of age and their parents were randomly assigned to the ENGAGE intervention or a waitlist control group. Parents and early childhood education (ECE) teachers rated the children's EF difficulties and problem behaviors at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 5-month follow-up. Repeated measures linear mixed modeling was used to examine the effect of ENGAGE on child outcomes. Those receiving ENGAGE exhibited significantly greater decreases in parent-rated attentional problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and acting out behaviors than the control group did, with mostly moderate effect sizes. No consistent improvements in the teacher ratings of children's EF related difficulties were found in either group. Low dropout (8%) from the intervention and high acceptability ratings indicated that ENGAGE is a palatable intervention for parents. The present study showed that findings from an earlier RCT on ENGAGE conducted in New Zealand could be generalized to a different cultural setting, as the intervention effectively reduced young Finnish children's EF difficulties in the home context. Extending ENGAGE and other play-based interventions into different everyday contexts of children, such as ECE, could further enhance the beneficial effects on children's EFs and behavior.","PeriodicalId":9789,"journal":{"name":"Child Neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10847245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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