TY - JOUR
T1 - Selective attention relates to the development of executive functions in 2,5- to 3-year-olds
T2 - A longitudinal study
AU - Veer, Ilona M.
AU - Luyten, Hans
AU - Mulder, Hanna
AU - van Tuijl, Cathy
AU - Sleegers, Peter J.C.
PY - 2017/3/4
Y1 - 2017/3/4
N2 - To study the central role of selective attention in the early development of executive functions (EFs), longitudinal relationships between selective attention, working memory, and simple response inhibition were explored. Selective attention, working memory, and simple response inhibition were assessed twice in our preschool sample (N = 273), which included a relatively large number of children from low SES families. The tasks were administered between age 2.5 (time 1) and 3 years (time 2). An analytical path model was tested to analyse the relationships simultaneously. The results indicate that selective attention at age 2.5 years predicts working memory and response inhibition at age 3 years. Controlling for gender, SES, home language, verbal ability, and age did not affect the strengths of these relationships.
AB - To study the central role of selective attention in the early development of executive functions (EFs), longitudinal relationships between selective attention, working memory, and simple response inhibition were explored. Selective attention, working memory, and simple response inhibition were assessed twice in our preschool sample (N = 273), which included a relatively large number of children from low SES families. The tasks were administered between age 2.5 (time 1) and 3 years (time 2). An analytical path model was tested to analyse the relationships simultaneously. The results indicate that selective attention at age 2.5 years predicts working memory and response inhibition at age 3 years. Controlling for gender, SES, home language, verbal ability, and age did not affect the strengths of these relationships.
KW - Executive functions
KW - Inhibition
KW - Preschoolers
KW - Selective attention
KW - Toddlers
KW - Working memory
KW - 22/4 OA procedure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021701608&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.06.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021701608
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 41
SP - 84
EP - 94
JO - Early childhood research quarterly
JF - Early childhood research quarterly
ER -