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Executive Functions and SelfEsteem in Academic Performance: A Mediational Analysis.

Alberto Quílez-Robres¹, Nieves Moyano², Alejandra Cortés-Pascual³

¹Grupo de Investigación EDUCAVIVA, Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad de Zaragoza, España. Universidad de Zaragoza Universidad de Zaragoza Spain.

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Summary

Academic performance is influenced by more than just intelligence. Reasoning, verbal fluency, executive functions, and self-esteem together predict over half of academic results in children.

Keywords:

Academic Performance Executive Functions Motivation.Reasoning Self-Esteem Verbal Fluency

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Area of Science:

Educational Psychology
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Traditional focus on intelligence as sole predictor of academic success is outdated.
Other cognitive, motivational, and emotional factors significantly impact learning.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of reasoning, verbal fluency, executive functions, motivation, and self-esteem on academic performance.
To identify mediating roles of self-esteem and executive functions.

Main Methods:

Exploratory research design with 132 children aged 6-9 years.
Utilized instruments including RAVEN, Effective Reading, Brief II, MAPE II, and Coopersmith Scale.

Main Results:

A predictive model including reasoning, verbal fluency, executive functions, and self-esteem explained 55.4% of academic results.
Self-esteem mediated cognitive and motivational variables.
Executive functions mediated emotional and motivational variables.

Conclusions:

Findings have theoretical and practical implications for primary education.
Recommends implementing programs to foster self-esteem and executive functions in classrooms.