A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood
A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood
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DOI：
10.1111/bjdp.12021
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Bell, Martha Ann
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作者：
Cuevas, Kimberly;Deater-Deckard, Kirby;Bell, Martha Ann
尽管执行功能（EF）在临床和教育背景下的重要性，在幼儿EF的个体差异的病因仍然知之甚少。本研究提供了第一个纵向代际分析的母亲和儿童EF协会在幼儿期。一组儿童和他们的母亲（n=62）完成了适龄EF任务。母亲和孩子的EF在24个月大时适度相关，并且这种关联在48个月大时保持稳定。重要的是，母儿EF协会仍然是强大的控制言语能力（言语/结晶智力的潜在指标）和母亲的教育（社会经济地位和言语智力的相关性）。潜在的影响，这些研究结果以及潜在的机制，母-子EF协会（基因-环境相互作用）进行了讨论。
Despite the importance of executive function (EF) in both clinical and educational contexts, the aetiology of individual differences in early childhood EF remains poorly understood. This study provides the first longitudinal intergenerational analysis of mother-child EF associations during early childhood. A group of children and their mothers (n=62) completed age-appropriate EF tasks. Mother and child EFs were modestly correlated by 24months of age, and this association was stable through 48months. Importantly, maternal-child EF associations were still robust after controlling for verbal ability (potential indicator of verbal/crystallized intelligence) and maternal education (correlate of socio-economic status and verbal intelligence). Potential implications of these findings as well as underlying mechanisms of the maternal-child EF association (gene-environment interplay) are discussed.