The Relation Between Executive Function of Four-Year-Olds and Reading Ability of Six-Year-Olds: A Short-term Longitudinal Exploration

Kim Yeonsoo; Keumjoo Kwak

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

2014, 27(2), pp.23-37
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Psychological Science

Kim Yeonsoo ¹, Keumjoo Kwak ²

¹서울대학교
²서울대학교

ABSTRACT

The present study investigated the relationship between children’s executive function at 4 years old and reading fluency and comprehension at 6 years old. Children’s executive function skills at age 4 were examined by measuring three subcomponents: working memory, behavioral inhibition, and cognitive flexibility. A short-term longitudinal study was conducted with 110 four-year-old children. Children’s executive function and receptive vocabulary were measured at age 4, and their reading fluency and comprehension were then measured 2 years later. Results indicated that executive function, behavioral inhibition, and cognitive flexibility at age 4 were significantly correlated with reading fluency and comprehension at age 6. In addition, a regression analysis was performed to examine the substantive impact of measured variables at age 4 on later reading fluency and comprehension. Results showed that the predictive value of executive function subtypes was evident, even after controlling for language ability at age 4.
KEYWORDS

executive function, early childhood, reading, longitudinal study
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