早期儿童的执行功能预测了并发的和以后的社会和行为结果:一项审查和元分析
Nicole J Stucke1, Sabine Doebel1
1Department of Psychology, George Mason University.
Psychological bulletin
|October 17, 2024
概括
执行功能 (EF) 支持儿童在社会和行为领域的发展,但不是健康. 幼儿EF与更好的社会技能和更少的行为问题有关,与教师报告的问题有更强的联系.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
背景情况:
- 执行功能 (EF) 对于以目标为导向的行为至关重要,并被认为会影响各种生活领域.
- 虽然EF与学术界的联系已经确立,但它对社会,健康和行为结果的更广泛影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 进行一项元分析,检查幼儿执行功能与社会,健康和行为结果之间的关系.
- 评估并发和纵向关联,并探索这些关系的调节者.
主要方法:
- 从158项研究中对144,642名参与者的1459个效果大小进行了元分析.
- 在幼儿时期 (36-60个月) 评估EF.
- 结果包括社会技能,情绪调节,同行关系,适应性行为,内部化/外部化问题和健康.
主要成果:
- 在EF和健康结果之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 同时,EF与情感理解,亲社会技能,同行接受和欺骗有关.
- 同时和纵向,EF与同行接受,适应性行为和社会能力正相关,与行为问题和注意力不集中负相关.
结论:
- 执行职能对儿童发展具有广泛的相关性,特别是在社会和行为领域.
- 未来的研究需要因果设计来确认EF的作用和干预措施的影响.
- 当教师比家长报告时,EF与行为问题的关联性更强.
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