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Childhood socioeconomic status and executive function in childhood and beyond

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  • Briana S Last
  • Gwen M Lawson
  • Kaitlyn Breiner
  • Laurence Steinberg
  • Martha J Farah

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Socioeconomic status (SES) predicts health, wellbeing, and cognitive ability, including executive function (EF). A body of recent work has shown that childhood SES is positively related to EF, but it is not known whether this disparity grows, diminishes or holds steady over development, from childhood through adulthood. We examined the association between childhood SES and EF in a sample ranging from 9–25 years of age, with six canonical EF tasks. Analyzing all of the tasks together and in functionally defined groups, we found positive relations between SES and EF, and the relations did not vary by age. Analyzing the tasks separately, SES was positively associated with performance in some but not all EF measures, depending on the covariates used, again without varying by age. These results add to a growing body of evidence that childhood SES is associated with EF abilities, and contribute novel evidence concerning the persistence of this association into early adulthood.

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  • Briana S Last & Gwen M Lawson & Kaitlyn Breiner & Laurence Steinberg & Martha J Farah, 2018. "Childhood socioeconomic status and executive function in childhood and beyond," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(8), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0202964
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202964
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    1. Dr. Pelekelo P. Kabundula (PhD) & Namakando Namushi, 2023. "Socioeconomic Status and Executive Function as Determinants of Vocational Choices among School Leavers in Luanshya District, Zambia," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(11), pages 50-63, November.

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