Childhood Cognitive Flexibility and Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems: Examination of Prospective Bidirectional Associations

Patwardhan, Irina; Nelson, Timothy D.; McClelland, Megan M.; Mason, W. Alex

doi:10.1007/s10802-020-00757-x

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“…Specifically, U.K. children and adolescents (Micco et al, 2009) and Chinese youths (Yang et al, 2018) who were diagnosed with depression had lower cognitive flexibility than age-matched healthy controls. Previous cross-sectional (Bloemen et al, 2018) and longitudinal studies (Patwardhan et al, 2021) further reported that cognitive flexibility was negatively associated with internalizing problems (but not externalizing problems) in Western children and adolescents. In contrast, lower cognitive flexibility did not significantly predict subsequent internalizing problems (i.e., depressive symptoms) in Western children (Connolly et al, 2014; Han et al, 2016).…”

Section: Inhibitory Control and Psychiatric Problemsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children.

Zhao,

Zhang,

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Developmental Psychology

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This study examined the longitudinal associations of various executive function components with subsequent psychiatric problems in Chinese school-age children. Data from 1,639 children (44.36% girls) ages 6-13 years were drawn from the Children School Functions and Brain Development project. Executive function components were assessed by the cancellation test, the Corsi test, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Psychiatric problems were determined by parent report. All assessments were administered twice, separated by a 1-year interval. Cross-lagged panel models showed that cognitive flexibility and general psychiatric problems (general p) mutually predicted each other. Worse inhibitory control at baseline significantly predicted more externalizing problems 1 year later, regardless of age, while externalizing problems did not significantly predict inhibitory control 1 year later. Working memory at baseline did not significantly predict internalizing problems and vice versa. These findings demonstrate that better inhibitory control may help to prevent or reduce externalizing problems in Chinese school-age children and that higher cognitive flexibility may help to mitigate general psychiatric problems. Public Significance StatementInhibitory control deficits are a risk factor for externalizing problems in Western preschoolers; the present study extends these findings to Chinese school-age children. Additionally, lower cognitive flexibility prospectively predicted more general psychiatric problems among Chinese school-age children. Taken together, these findings suggest a universal role of inhibitory control deficits in externalizing problems and a unique role of cognitive flexibility deficits in general psychiatric problems in the Chinese population.

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Section: Inhibitory Control and Psychiatric Problemsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children.

Zhao,

Zhang,

et al. 2023

Developmental Psychology

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“…La memoria de trabajo implica el mantenimiento y la manipulación simultánea de información mientras se ejecuta una tarea (Filippi et al, 2020). La flexibilidad cognitiva incluye el enfoque, mantenimiento y adaptación flexible a los objetivos o estímulos cambiantes (Patwardhan et al, 2021;Arán & Krumm, 2020). La inhibición es la capacidad de ejercer autocontrol sobre aquellas conductas innatas o impulsivas (automáticas) para generar una respuesta apropiada mediada por el razonamiento (Kloo & Sodian, 2017).…”

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Competencias parentales y su influencia en la inhibición y planificación de escolares

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Las experiencias relacionales tempranas de cuidados a través de las habilidades parentales y de crianza cumplen un rol fundamental en el desarrollo tanto cerebral y cognitivo, como socioafectivo de los/as niños/as. A pesar de esta evidencia, son escasas las investigaciones sobre la influencia de la parentalidad en las funciones ejecutivas de inhibición y planificación en la infancia. Por lo mismo, el objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la influencia de las competencias parentales vinculares, formativas, protectoras y reflexivas en las funciones ejecutivas de inhibición y planificación de 96 niños/as de primero básico de escuelas de la región de Valparaíso, Chile y sus padres/madres/cuidadores/as. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la Escala de Parentalidad Positiva e2p y las subpruebas de construcción con anillas e interferencia de la Batería de Evaluación Neuropsicológica de las Funciones Ejecutivas en niños/as ENFEN. Se realizaron análisis de correlación de Pearson y análisis ANOVA unidireccionales. Los resultados evidenciaron una influencia significativa de todas las competencias parentales en las habilidades de planificación de los/as niños/as y solo de las competencias parentales protectoras en la inhibición. Resultados que pueden servir como evidencia para el diseño e implementación en las escuelas de programas tanto de parentalidad y crianza positiva como de estimulación de las FE, que promuevan el desarrollo cognitivo y socioafectivo en los/as niños/as.

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“…Therefore, phubbing constitutes a problematic behavior that may adversely affect both the phubber and the phubbee (Chotpitayasunondh & Douglas, 2016). Previous studies have found that cognitive flexibility reduces behavioral problems (Patwardhan et al, 2021;Sagar, 2021). In this respect, cognitive flexibility may effectively mitigate the behavioral issues associated with phubbing.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Furthermore, recent studies have shown that Internet-addicted individuals have impairments in these functions (Dong et al, 2014 ; Ioannidis et al, 2019 ). The results of one study also showed that higher levels of externalizing problems (e.g., physical aggression, verbal bullying) were consistently associated with lower levels of cognitive flexibility (as measured by a series of behavioral tasks measuring children’s ability to suppress and initiate activities) (Patwardhan et al, 2021 ).…”

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Mediating and moderating effects of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between social media addiction and phubbing

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Presently, social media is widely used worldwide among different populations. Therefore, phubbing rapidly became a popular phenomenon in our daily life. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism and interaction between social media use and phubbing. Therefore, this research examines the mediating and moderating role of cognitive flexibility in the association between social media addiction and phubbing. Participants were 385 university students (280 females) studying at a state university in eastern Turkey and completed the self-reported measures of cognitive flexibility, social media addiction, and phubbing. The results showed that cognitive flexibility mediated and moderated the effect of social media addiction on phubbing. These findings may contribute to the discussion around the psychological consequences of using social media alongside increasing awareness about factors affecting and explaining the association between social media use and phubbing, which have important implications for research and practice.

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Childhood Cognitive Flexibility and Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems: Examination of Prospective Bidirectional Associations

Cited by 19 publications

References 38 publications

Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children.

Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children.

Competencias parentales y su influencia en la inhibición y planificación de escolares

Mediating and moderating effects of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between social media addiction and phubbing

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