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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Middle childhood is a critical period for developing social problem-solving skills and forming quality friendships.
  • Executive functions (EF) are crucial cognitive processes underpinning self-regulation and goal-directed behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between best friendship quality, social problem-solving (SPS), and executive functions (EF) in 7- to 10-year-olds.
  • To explore how specific EF components (working memory, inhibition, shifting) relate to SPS responses to friendship transgressions.
  • To examine the predictive role of verbal IQ in SPS and friendship quality.

Main Methods:

  • Eighty-one children (7–10 years old) completed questionnaires on friendship quality and hypothetical responses to friendship transgressions.
  • Participants underwent a battery of EF tasks assessing working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility.
  • Verbal IQ was also assessed as a covariate.

Main Results:

  • Few direct links were found between overall SPS and friendship quality.
  • Inhibition was associated with fewer revenge goals, and cognitive flexibility with more neutral interpretations.
  • Higher working memory correlated with lower best friendship quality.
  • Verbal IQ significantly predicted positive SPS interpretations, goals, and strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive abilities, particularly EF and language, are important for advancing social problem-solving skills in middle childhood.
  • Specific EF components differentially relate to aspects of social problem-solving in response to transgressions.
  • The interplay between cognitive development and social competence warrants further investigation in childhood friendships.