Self-Report versus Neuropsychological Tests for Examining Executive Functions in Youth Soccer Athletes-A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive diagnostics, especially the measurement of executive functions (EFs) in the context of sports and talent diagnostics, is a popular research topic. However, research is lacking on how self-reports are sufficient to examine the EFs of youth athletes for performance diagnostics. Thus, the current study aims to evaluate the relationships between neuropsychological tasks (3-back task, cued Go/NoGo task, flanker task, and number-letter task) and a self-report for examining EFs (BRIEF-SB). Furthermore, it should be investigated whether it is possible to predict the outcome of EF tasks using a self-report inventory. Therefore, 68 young professional soccer players (M_age = 14.26 ± 1.35 years) from a national youth academy were included in the study. The weak-to-moderate correlat

SUBMITTER: Heilmann F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9495998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature