Common mechanisms of executive attention underlie executive function and effortful control in children.
ADHD
developmental psychopathology
effortful control
executive attention
executive function
self-regulation
Journal
Developmental science
ISSN: 1467-7687
Titre abrégé: Dev Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9814574
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
17
09
2018
revised:
20
10
2019
accepted:
28
10
2019
pubmed:
5
11
2019
medline:
6
11
2020
entrez:
5
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Executive Function (EF) and Effortful Control (EC) have traditionally been viewed as distinct constructs related to cognition and temperament during development. More recently, EF and EC have been implicated in top-down self-regulation - the goal-directed control of cognition, emotion, and behavior. We propose that executive attention, a limited-capacity attentional resource subserving goal-directed cognition and behavior, is the common cognitive mechanism underlying the self-regulatory capacities captured by EF and EC. We addressed three related questions: (a) Do behavioral ratings of EF and EC represent the same self-regulation construct? (b) Is this self-regulation construct explained by a common executive attention factor as measured by performance on cognitive tasks? and (c) Does the executive attention factor explain additional variance in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) problems to behavioral ratings of self-regulation? Measures of performance on complex span, general intelligence, and response inhibition tasks were obtained from 136 preadolescent children (M = 11 years, 10 months, SD = 8 months), along with self- and parent-reported EC, and parent-reported EF, and ADHD problems. Results from structural equation modeling demonstrated that behavioral ratings of EF and EC measured the same self-regulation construct. Cognitive tasks measured a common executive attention factor that significantly explained 30% of the variance in behavioral ratings of self-regulation. Executive attention failed to significantly explain additional variance in ADHD problems beyond that explained by behavioral ratings of self-regulation. These findings raise questions about the utility of task-based cognitive measures in research and clinical assessment of self-regulation and psychopathology in developmental samples.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e12918Subventions
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1105825
Pays : International
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1125504
Pays : International
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 628386
Pays : International
Organisme : Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australian Research Council
ID : FT130101488
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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