Executive functions as mediators between socioeconomic status and academic performance in Chinese school-aged children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well-documented that socioeconomic status (SES) and academic performance in school-aged children are closely related. However, little is known about how the three core executive functions (EFs), inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, mediate the association between the two. Moreover, most previous studies examined SES disparities in Western countries, how such disparities in EF and academic performance manifest in the Chinese context, where a distinctive EF profile and learning experience are observed, remains uncertain. The current study explored: (1) the mediating effects of the three core EFs in the association between SES and academic performance; and (2) the differences in EF and academic performance in three core subjects between Chinese child

SUBMITTER: Poon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9626878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature