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ERIC Number: EJ1481948
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Available Date: 2025-05-29
Links between Child Executive Function and Adjustment: A Three-Site Study
Laure Lu Chen1; Jean Anne Heng1; Chengyi Xu1,2; Michelle R. Ellefson3; Miryam Edwards4; Hana D'Souza5; Elian Fink6; Mikeda Jess4; Louise Gray1; Caoimhe Dempsey1; Mishika Mehrotra1; Siu Ching Wong1; Catherine Wu1; Brittany Huang1; Jiayin Zheng3; Zhen Wu2; Rory T. Devine4; Claire Hughes1
Child Development, v96 n5 p1590-1604 2025
Cross-site comparisons indicate that East Asian children typically excel on tests of executive function (EF), but interpreting this contrast is made difficult by both the heavy reliance on testing in school settings and by the scarcity of studies that assess across-site measurement invariance. Addressing these gaps, our study included remote home-based assessments of EF for 1002 children (M[subscript age] = 5.19 years, SD = 0.51; 49% male) from England, Hong Kong, and mainland China, as well as parental ratings of externalizing and internalizing adjustment problems (data collected between June 2021 and December 2022). The models established partial scalar invariance but did not show clear site differences. Supporting the universal importance of EF for behavioral self-regulation, EF task performance and parent-rated externalizing problems showed similar inverse associations across sites.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); Hong Kong; China
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Data File: URL: https://osf.io/7rkfe/
Author Affiliations: 1Centre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 2Department of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; 3Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 4Centre for Developmental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; 5School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; 6School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK