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15-09-2020 | Empirical Research

Executive Control in Early Childhood as an Antecedent of Adolescent Problem Behaviors: A Longitudinal Study with Performance-based Measures of Early Childhood Cognitive Processes

Auteurs: Charles B. Fleming, Amy L. Stevens, Marla Vivero, Irina Patwardhan, Timothy D. Nelson, Jennifer Mize Nelson, Tiffany D. James, Kimberly Andrews Espy, W. Alex Mason

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 12/2020

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Abstract

Identifying childhood cognitive processes that predict adolescent problem behaviors can help guide understanding and prevention of these behaviors. In a community sample of 313 youth recruited in a small Midwestern city between 2006 and 2012 (49% male, 64% European American), executive control and foundational cognitive abilities were assessed at age 5 in a lab setting with performance-based measures. In adolescence, youth provided self-report of problem behaviors in surveys administered annually between ages 14 and 16. Executive control was negatively associated with externalizing behavior problems and adolescents getting in trouble at school, accounting for foundational cognitive abilities and family background covariates. Executive control had negative, but nonsignificant, associations with internalizing problems and substance use initiation. The findings point to deficits in executive control as a childhood risk factor for later problems and a potential target for preventive interventions.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Executive Control in Early Childhood as an Antecedent of Adolescent Problem Behaviors: A Longitudinal Study with Performance-based Measures of Early Childhood Cognitive Processes
Auteurs
Charles B. Fleming
Amy L. Stevens
Marla Vivero
Irina Patwardhan
Timothy D. Nelson
Jennifer Mize Nelson
Tiffany D. James
Kimberly Andrews Espy
W. Alex Mason
Publicatiedatum
15-09-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01316-9