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  • Child Psychology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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  • Children with language impairments often exhibit deficits in executive functioning (EF), attention, and behavior.
  • Conversely, children with attention or behavior problems frequently show language deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interrelations among EF, language ability, and behavioral issues in school-aged children.
  • To determine if EF performance predicts language ability.
  • To assess if language ability and EF predict attention, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • The study included 8-11 year old children from an urban school district.
  • Children completed standardized language, cognitive, and computerized EF assessments.
  • Parents provided standardized questionnaires on children's EF and behavior problems.

Main Results:

  • Executive functioning did not predict language ability beyond nonverbal reasoning.
  • Language ability was associated with attention problems but not internalizing/externalizing behaviors.
  • Parent-reported inhibition strongly predicted attention, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors.

Conclusions:

  • Language ability is linked to attention problems in school-aged children, but not other behavioral issues.
  • Children experiencing behavioral problems may specifically struggle with inhibitory control.