Sustained Attention and Age Predict Inhibitory Control during Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Reck, Sarah G.; Hund, Alycia M.
Titel	Sustained Attention and Age Predict Inhibitory Control during Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108 (2011) 3, S.504-512 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2010.07.010
Schlagwörter	Inhibition; Young Children; Attention Control; Prediction; Cognitive Processes; Parent Attitudes; Laboratories; Child Development; Predictor Variables; Cognitive Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hemmung; Frühe Kindheit; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Vorhersage; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Elternverhalten; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Kindesentwicklung; Prädiktor; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	Executive functioning skills develop rapidly during early childhood. Recent research has focused on specifying this development, particularly predictors of executive functioning skills. Here we focus on sustained attention as a predictor of inhibitory control, one key executive functioning component. Although sustained attention and inhibitory control have been linked in older children and adults, these links have not been well specified during early childhood. The current study examined both parent-rated and laboratory measures of sustained attention as predictors of both parent-rated and laboratory measures of inhibitory control among 3- to 6-year-olds. As expected, children with higher sustained attention abilities exhibited greater inhibitory control. Moreover, inhibitory control increased across age. These findings reveal important details about the development of sustained attention and inhibitory control during early childhood. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10