TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood
AU - Cuevas, Kimberly
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
AU - Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen
AU - Wang, Zhe
AU - Morasch, Katherine C.
AU - Bell, Martha Ann
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Despite the importance of executive function (EF) in both clinical and educational contexts, the aetiology of individual differences in early childhood EF remains poorly understood. This study provides the first longitudinal intergenerational analysis of mother-child EF associations during early childhood. A group of children and their mothers (nnbsp;=nbsp;62) completed age-appropriate EF tasks. Mother and child EFs were modestly correlated by 24nbsp;months of age, and this association was stable through 48nbsp;months. Importantly, maternal-child EF associations were still robust after controlling for verbal ability (potential indicator of verbal/crystallized intelligence) and maternal education (correlate of socio-economic status and verbal intelligence). Potential implications of these findings as well as underlying mechanisms of the maternal-child EF association (gene-environment interplay) are discussed. copy; 2013 The British Psychological Society.
AB - Despite the importance of executive function (EF) in both clinical and educational contexts, the aetiology of individual differences in early childhood EF remains poorly understood. This study provides the first longitudinal intergenerational analysis of mother-child EF associations during early childhood. A group of children and their mothers (nnbsp;=nbsp;62) completed age-appropriate EF tasks. Mother and child EFs were modestly correlated by 24nbsp;months of age, and this association was stable through 48nbsp;months. Importantly, maternal-child EF associations were still robust after controlling for verbal ability (potential indicator of verbal/crystallized intelligence) and maternal education (correlate of socio-economic status and verbal intelligence). Potential implications of these findings as well as underlying mechanisms of the maternal-child EF association (gene-environment interplay) are discussed. copy; 2013 The British Psychological Society.
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U2 - 10.1111/bjdp.12021
DO - 10.1111/bjdp.12021
M3 - Article
C2 - 25284715
AN - SCOPUS:84894287465
VL - 32
SP - 50
EP - 64
JO - British Journal of Developmental Psychology
JF - British Journal of Developmental Psychology
SN - 0261-510X
IS - 1
ER -