The present study examined the way in which behavioural difficulties in cool and hot EFs relate to measures of cognitive and affective ToM in preschoolers. A total of 144 children between 35 and 71 months were assessed with a first-order false-belief task (measuring cognitive ToM), the Test of Emotion Comprehension (measuring affective ToM) and a control task measuring productive language. Teachers filled in the preschool version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-P), a questionnaire examining children's difficulties in educational settings in five different areas tapping both cool (Working Memory, Shift, Plan/Organize) and hot EFs (Inhibition and Emotional Control). Multiple regressions showed that cognitive ToM was predicted by productive language and executive difficulties in the Working Memory subscales of the BRIEF-P, whereas affective ToM was only predicted by age and productive language. Similarities and differences with the results of previous studies are discussed.

Executive function ratings in educational settings: concurrent relations with cognitive and affective theory of mind / Longobardi, E.; Spataro, P.; Morelli, M.; Laghi, F.. - In: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE. - ISSN 0300-4430. - 192:13(2022), pp. 2046-2058. [10.1080/03004430.2021.1975692]

Executive function ratings in educational settings: concurrent relations with cognitive and affective theory of mind

Longobardi E.
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Spataro P.;Morelli M.;Laghi F.
2022

Abstract

The present study examined the way in which behavioural difficulties in cool and hot EFs relate to measures of cognitive and affective ToM in preschoolers. A total of 144 children between 35 and 71 months were assessed with a first-order false-belief task (measuring cognitive ToM), the Test of Emotion Comprehension (measuring affective ToM) and a control task measuring productive language. Teachers filled in the preschool version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-P), a questionnaire examining children's difficulties in educational settings in five different areas tapping both cool (Working Memory, Shift, Plan/Organize) and hot EFs (Inhibition and Emotional Control). Multiple regressions showed that cognitive ToM was predicted by productive language and executive difficulties in the Working Memory subscales of the BRIEF-P, whereas affective ToM was only predicted by age and productive language. Similarities and differences with the results of previous studies are discussed.
2022
behaviour ratings; executive functions; preschool children; theory-of-Mind; working memory
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Executive function ratings in educational settings: concurrent relations with cognitive and affective theory of mind / Longobardi, E.; Spataro, P.; Morelli, M.; Laghi, F.. - In: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE. - ISSN 0300-4430. - 192:13(2022), pp. 2046-2058. [10.1080/03004430.2021.1975692]
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