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Children's Microsystems and Their Relationship to Stress and Executive Functioning.
Jose Antonio Campos-Gil1, Patricia Ortega-Andeane1, Delfino Vargas2
1School of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 28, 2020
Summary
Children
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
Background:
- Microsystems, like home and school, significantly impact child development.
- Limited research in Latin America explores combined environmental effects on executive functioning.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how housing and school environment quality affect children's stress, decision-making, and planning.
- To analyze the mediating role of stress in this relationship.
Main Methods:
- Assessed environmental quality of classrooms and housing for 114 children (mean age 10.57) in a low-income community.
- Measured children's perceived stress and executive functioning (decision-making, planning).
Main Results:
- A model was identified linking environmental quality in homes and schools to executive functioning.
- Higher stress, resulting from poor environmental quality, led to deficits in executive performance.
Conclusions:
- Environmental quality in both home and school microsystems is crucial for executive functioning.
- Stress acts as a mediator, highlighting the negative impact of poor environments on cognitive skills.
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