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Article: Similarities and differences across countries in the development of executive functions in children: A systematic review

TitleSimilarities and differences across countries in the development of executive functions in children: A systematic review
Authors
Keywordschildhood
cross‐national comparison
executive functions
systematic review
Issue Date2020
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/10009397
Citation
Infant and Child Development, 2020, v. 29, p. article no. e2164 How to Cite?
AbstractA systematic review was conducted to gain a more nuanced understanding of similarities and distinctions across countries in the development of executive functions (EF). The review includes 26 studies, with child and adolescent participants, that were published between 2006 and 2018. Both similarities and differences within developmental patterns of EF are identified across different countries. Across countries, bilingual children are shown to outperform their monolingual peers. Task improvement with age is not consistently reported in all studies, with no linear effects apparent in children from developing countries or regions. Gender differences on EF measures also vary between countries. Girls perform better than boys on EF tasks and parent and teacher ratings of EF in both Western and East Asian samples. Yet, in Iran and Tanzania, boys receive higher EF scores. From preschool age through adolescence, East Asians outperform Western counterparts on direct assessment measures of EF. However, strong discrepancies can be found between measures of direct EF assessment and parent and teacher ratings of children's EF. Chinese parents rate their children's EF as lower compared with parents from other countries. The role of contextual factors explaining differences in EF development is discussed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287744
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.755
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dc.contributor.authorSchirmbeck, K-
dc.contributor.authorRao, N-
dc.contributor.authorMaehler, C-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T12:02:38Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-05T12:02:38Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationInfant and Child Development, 2020, v. 29, p. article no. e2164-
dc.identifier.issn1522-7227-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287744-
dc.description.abstractA systematic review was conducted to gain a more nuanced understanding of similarities and distinctions across countries in the development of executive functions (EF). The review includes 26 studies, with child and adolescent participants, that were published between 2006 and 2018. Both similarities and differences within developmental patterns of EF are identified across different countries. Across countries, bilingual children are shown to outperform their monolingual peers. Task improvement with age is not consistently reported in all studies, with no linear effects apparent in children from developing countries or regions. Gender differences on EF measures also vary between countries. Girls perform better than boys on EF tasks and parent and teacher ratings of EF in both Western and East Asian samples. Yet, in Iran and Tanzania, boys receive higher EF scores. From preschool age through adolescence, East Asians outperform Western counterparts on direct assessment measures of EF. However, strong discrepancies can be found between measures of direct EF assessment and parent and teacher ratings of children's EF. Chinese parents rate their children's EF as lower compared with parents from other countries. The role of contextual factors explaining differences in EF development is discussed.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/10009397-
dc.relation.ispartofInfant and Child Development-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectchildhood-
dc.subjectcross‐national comparison-
dc.subjectexecutive functions-
dc.subjectsystematic review-
dc.titleSimilarities and differences across countries in the development of executive functions in children: A systematic review-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailRao, N: nrao@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityRao, N=rp00953-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/icd.2164-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85077895234-
dc.identifier.hkuros315574-
dc.identifier.volume29-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. e2164-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. e2164-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000505973500001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl1522-7219-

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