Social Factors in the Development of Early Executive Functioning: A Closer Look at the Caregiving Environment

Autor/inn/en	Bernier, Annie; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Deschenes, Marie; Matte-Gagne, Celia
Titel	Social Factors in the Development of Early Executive Functioning: A Closer Look at the Caregiving Environment
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 15 (2012) 1, S.12-24 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01093.x
Schlagwörter	Executive Function; Social Influences; Child Care; Family Environment; Young Children; Mothers; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; Attachment Behavior; Security (Psychology); Short Term Memory; Verbal Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Einfluss; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Familienmilieu; Frühe Kindheit; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Mündliche Leistung
Abstract	This study investigated prospective links between quality of the early caregiving environment and children's subsequent executive functioning (EF). Sixty-two families were met on five occasions, allowing for assessment of maternal interactive behavior, paternal interactive behavior, and child attachment security between 1 and 2 years of age, and child EF at 2 and 3 years. The results suggested that composite scores of parental behavior and child attachment were related to child performance on EF tasks entailing strong working memory and cognitive flexibility components (conflict-EF). In particular, child attachment security was related to conflict-EF performance at 3 years above and beyond what was explained by a combination of all other social antecedents of child EF identified thus far: child verbal ability and prior EF, family SES, and parenting behavior. Attachment security may thus play a meaningful role in young children's development of executive control. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10