Family demographic profiles and their relationship with the quality of executive functioning subcomponents in kindergarten

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 226-244

  Vandenbroucke, Loren ^a   Verschueren, Karine ^a   Ceulemans, Eva ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^a   De Roover, Kim ^a   Baeyens, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Executive functioning; Family demographics; Inhibition; Parenting stress; Smoking; Socio economic status; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; SMOKE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; INCOME; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84951785721     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12127     Document Type: Article

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