Previously institutionalized toddlers' social and emotional competence and kindergarten adjustment: Indirect effects through executive function.

ABSTRACT: Longitudinal multimethod data across three time points were examined to explore the associations between previously institutionalized toddlers' (N = 71; 59% female) socioemotional skills (Time Point 1: 18 months to 3-years-old), executive functioning (i.e., attention, working memory, inhibitory control) in the preschool years (Time Point 2: 2-4-years-old), and adjustment in kindergarten (5-6-years-old). Children were from multiple regions (35% Eastern European, 31% Southeast Asian, 25% African, and 9% Latin American), and 90% of adoptive parents were White from the Midwestern United States. Socioemotional competency at Time Point 1 was associated with fewer attention problems and greater inhibitory control at Time Point 2, which were subsequently associated with more observed social

SUBMITTER: Perry NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature