The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement is Mediated and Moderated by Executive Functions.

Executive function is an underlying mechanism linking family socioeconomic status (SES) and academic achievement. Previous studies mainly investigated either the mediating or moderating role of executive function within this relationship, which either overlook the individual differences that are ind...

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Publicado en:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 1593 - 1605
Autores principales: Hu, Qiong, Zhou, Yanlin, Xu, Canmei, Xu, Cihua, Hu, Fengji, English, Alexander Scott, Buschkuehl, Martin, Jaeggi, Susanne M., Zhang, Qiong
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2024
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          Hu, Qiong
          Zhou, Yanlin
          Xu, Canmei
          Xu, Cihua
          Hu, Fengji
          English, Alexander Scott
          Buschkuehl, Martin
          Jaeggi, Susanne M.
          Zhang, Qiong
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          https://ror.org/00a2xv884 Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
          https://ror.org/05f950310 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
          https://ror.org/00a2xv884 School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
          https://ror.org/0418kp584 Lishui University, Lishui, China
          https://ror.org/05609xa16 College of Liberal Arts, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China
          https://ror.org/00we1gw23 MIND Research Institute, Irvine, CA, USA
          https://ror.org/04t5xt781 College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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        Executive function
        Families
        Academic achievement
        Social classes
        Research funding
        Descriptive statistics
        Chi-squared test
        Data analysis software
        Confidence intervals
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          Executive function
          Families
          Academic achievement
          Social classes
          Research funding
          Descriptive statistics
          Chi-squared test
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          Confidence intervals
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        Children
        Dual roles
        Executive functions
        Family socioeconomic status
        Longitudinal study
        Children
        Dual roles
        Executive functions
        Family socioeconomic status
        Longitudinal study
      ab: Executive function is an underlying mechanism linking family socioeconomic status (SES) and academic achievement. Previous studies mainly investigated either the mediating or moderating role of executive function within this relationship, which either overlook the individual differences that are independent of the environment or neglect the influence of the environment on shaping personal factors. To avoid a piecemeal approach to theory, the current study aimed to test the mediating and moderating roles of executive function in a single analytic model. Two hundred and thirty-six Chinese fifth graders (M = 10.70 years, SD = 0.49, range = 10.23–11.75 years, and 40.30% girls) were recruited. Their executive function performance was measured using eight different tasks, and their Chinese literacy skills and mathematics achievement were assessed by routine school evaluations. One year after the initial assessment, children's academic achievements were evaluated again. Results demonstrated that parental SES positively predicted children's academic achievement when controlling for prior academic achievement, and children's executive function mediated this relationship. Also, executive function moderated the association between SES and academic achievement in that, the negative predictive effect of low SES on academic achievement was only significant for children with lower levels of executive function, which is not shown in children with higher levels of executive function. By demonstrating the dual roles of executive function in the SES-achievement link, this work provides evidence for supporting the optimal development of children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and emphasizes the significance of developing individualized intervention strategies on executive function to mitigate the negative effect of low SES on children's academic achievement.
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