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Influences of Executive Functions on Agility and Comprehensive Physical Ability in Kindergarteners
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Aoyama, Sho; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of the present study was to clarify comprehensively how and to what extent inhibition, spatial working memory (WM), and auditory WM influence agility, balance, and dexterity of motor coordination and comprehensive physical ability in kindergarteners. Participants were 43 children between the ages of 4 and 5 years old. The children…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Inhibition
Impact of Child Factors on Parenting Stress of Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability: A UK School-Based Study
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Tsermentseli, Stella; Kouklari, Evangelia-Chrysanthi – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for high stress levels. Multiple child factors have been identified as predictors of stress in parents of children with ASD, but factors associated with stress in parents of children with ASD and comorbid intellectual disability (ASD-ID) are not well understood. This study…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Predictor Variables, Child Rearing, Mothers
The Contribution of Cool and Hot Executive Function to Academic Achievement, Learning-Related Behaviours, and Classroom Behaviour
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O'Toole, Sarah E.; Monks, Claire P.; Tsermentseli, Stella; Rix, Katie – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The primary aim of this study was to examine whether individual differences in cool and hot executive functions (EF) were associated with children's transition to school, in terms of both academic performance and classroom behaviour. Children between 5- and 7-years-of-age (N = 90) completed performance based assessments of cool and hot EF as well…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Verbal Ability
Autobiographical Memory and Precursor Skills in the Second Phase of Childhood Amnesia
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de Paula, Artemis Paiva; Felinto, Priscila Magalhães Barros; Mascarenhas, Brisa Fernandes; Lima, Sarah Camilla Ferreira de Oliveira; Gobbi, Flávia Horta Azevedo; Hazin, Izabel Augusta – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The construct autobiographical memory (AM) refers to the mnemonic skill that enables individuals to form personal memories about their lives and re-experience them. Its ontogeny can be understood from the dialectic construction of maturational processes and the cultural-historical context. This research sought to further the knowledge regarding…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Memory, Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Analysis