Effects of socioeconomic status and executive function on school readiness across levels of household chaos

Isolating child attributes and familial characteristics that support school readiness in children on the upper half of the socioeconomic spectrum can complement existing research on lower-socioeconomic status (SES) children and facilitate a more complete understanding of how children's performance varies across the full SES spectrum. This study examined if relations between SES, two components of executive function (EF; set-shifting and inhibitory control), and school readiness vary as a function of household chaos in 564 four-year-old children, primarily from middle-to upper-middle class families in the Northeast Region of the United States. Structural equation modeling of direct and indirect effects revealed three major findings: 1) higher levels of EF were related to better school readiness regardless of level of household chaos; 2) SES had an indirect effect on school readiness through set-shifting; and 3) household chaos was negatively associated with school readiness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Early childhood research quarterly - 47(2019) vom: 25., Seite 331-340

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Micalizzi, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Brick, Leslie A [VerfasserIn]
Flom, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Ganiban, Jody M [VerfasserIn]
Saudino, Kimberly J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Early experience
Executive function
Household chaos
Journal Article
Preschool
School readiness
Socioeconomic status

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Date Revised 13.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.01.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299533573