Effects of socioeconomic status and executive function on school readiness across levels of household chaos.

ABSTRACT: Isolating child attributes and familial characteristics that support school readiness in children on the upper half of the socioeconomic spectrum can complement existing research on lower-socioeconomic status (SES) children and facilitate a more complete understanding of how children's performance varies across the full SES spectrum. This study examined if relations between SES, two components of executive function (EF; set-shifting and inhibitory control), and school readiness vary as a function of household chaos in 564 four-year-old children, primarily from middle-to upper-middle class families in the Northeast Region of the United States. Structural equation modeling of direct and indirect effects revealed three major findings: 1) higher levels of EF were related to better school readi

SUBMITTER: Micalizzi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6656382 | biostudies-literature | 2019 2nd Quarter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature