TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic and familial predictors of early executive function development
T2 - Contribution of a person-centered perspective
AU - Rhoades, Brittany L.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
AU - Lanza, Stephanie T.
AU - Blair, Clancy
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection for The Family Life Project was funded by NIH/NICHD Grant No. P01HD39667 with co-funding from NIDA. This research was supported by NIDA Grant Nos. T32 DA017629 , R03DA023032 and P50DA010075 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health. I would like to thank the other members of my dissertation committee, which included Drs. Karen Bierman, Linda Collins, Meg Small, and Doug Teti, for providing feedback on an early version of this manuscript.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Executive function (EF) skills are integral components of young children's growing competence, but little is known about the role of early family context and experiences in their development. We examined how demographic and familial risks during infancy predicted EF competence at 36. months of age in a large, predominantly low-income sample of nonurban families from Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the United States. Using latent class analysis, six ecological risk profiles best captured the diverse experiences of these families. Profiles with various combinations of family structure, income, and psychosocial risks were differentially related to EF. Much of the influence of early risks on later EF appears to be transmitted through quality of parent-child interactions during infancy. Findings suggest that early family environments may prove to be especially fruitful contexts for the promotion of EF development.
AB - Executive function (EF) skills are integral components of young children's growing competence, but little is known about the role of early family context and experiences in their development. We examined how demographic and familial risks during infancy predicted EF competence at 36. months of age in a large, predominantly low-income sample of nonurban families from Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the United States. Using latent class analysis, six ecological risk profiles best captured the diverse experiences of these families. Profiles with various combinations of family structure, income, and psychosocial risks were differentially related to EF. Much of the influence of early risks on later EF appears to be transmitted through quality of parent-child interactions during infancy. Findings suggest that early family environments may prove to be especially fruitful contexts for the promotion of EF development.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 20828709
AN - SCOPUS:79951675910
SN - 0022-0965
VL - 108
SP - 638
EP - 662
JO - Journal of experimental child psychology
JF - Journal of experimental child psychology
IS - 3
ER -