Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times

Abstract: Several studies indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures it required (including social distancing, quarantine and school closure) had a significant impact on children’s mental health. The present study aimed to examine executive function difficulties at behavioura...

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Autores principales: Tabullo, Angel, Canet Juric, Lorena, Abusamra, Valeria
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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PANDEMIA
COVID-19
INFANCIA
NIÑOS
ALFABETIZACION
LECTURA
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17420
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101378
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-174202023-11-08T05:01:27Z Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times Tabullo, Angel Canet Juric, Lorena Abusamra, Valeria PANDEMIA COVID-19 INFANCIA NIÑOS ALFABETIZACION LECTURA TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS Abstract: Several studies indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures it required (including social distancing, quarantine and school closure) had a significant impact on children’s mental health. The present study aimed to examine executive function difficulties at behavioural level in school children during the COVID-19 lockdown, and to analyze potential associations with home literacy environment, current reading and screen times. Data were collected from mothers of 210 children (9–12 years old) through an online survey. Incidence of EF issues was higher for fourth graders in the flexibility and working memory domains, possibly reflecting developmental differences. Significant increases in children screen times were observed, while most of them did not read for pleasure on a daily basis. Parents’ literacy beliefs and children’s current leisure reading times were negative predictors of executive function difficulties (with reading times partially mediating literacy beliefs’ effects), which increased with videogame times (particularly in 4th graders). Nevertheless, perceived changes on screen or reading times with respect to prepandemic levels were not associated with executive function scores. The results might indicate: 1) opposite effects of literacy and video game times over children’s executive functioning; 2) a preference for reading or screen recreational use according to their executive function profiles; or 3) a combination of both. Our findings highlight the relation of home literacy environment, reading and screen times with children’s cognitive development, and the importance of following their trajectory during postpandemic times. 2023-11-07T11:23:08Z 2023-11-07T11:23:08Z 2023 Artículo Tabullo, A., Canet Juric, L., Abusamra, V. Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times [en línea]. Cognitive Development. 2023, 68. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101378. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17420 0885-2014 1879-226X (online) https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17420 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101378 eng Acceso abierto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Argentina Siglo XXI Elsevier Cognitive Development. Vol. 68, 2023
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topic PANDEMIA
COVID-19
INFANCIA
NIÑOS
ALFABETIZACION
LECTURA
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
spellingShingle PANDEMIA
COVID-19
INFANCIA
NIÑOS
ALFABETIZACION
LECTURA
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
Tabullo, Angel
Canet Juric, Lorena
Abusamra, Valeria
Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
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ALFABETIZACION
LECTURA
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
description Abstract: Several studies indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures it required (including social distancing, quarantine and school closure) had a significant impact on children’s mental health. The present study aimed to examine executive function difficulties at behavioural level in school children during the COVID-19 lockdown, and to analyze potential associations with home literacy environment, current reading and screen times. Data were collected from mothers of 210 children (9–12 years old) through an online survey. Incidence of EF issues was higher for fourth graders in the flexibility and working memory domains, possibly reflecting developmental differences. Significant increases in children screen times were observed, while most of them did not read for pleasure on a daily basis. Parents’ literacy beliefs and children’s current leisure reading times were negative predictors of executive function difficulties (with reading times partially mediating literacy beliefs’ effects), which increased with videogame times (particularly in 4th graders). Nevertheless, perceived changes on screen or reading times with respect to prepandemic levels were not associated with executive function scores. The results might indicate: 1) opposite effects of literacy and video game times over children’s executive functioning; 2) a preference for reading or screen recreational use according to their executive function profiles; or 3) a combination of both. Our findings highlight the relation of home literacy environment, reading and screen times with children’s cognitive development, and the importance of following their trajectory during postpandemic times.
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Canet Juric, Lorena
Abusamra, Valeria
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title Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
title_short Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
title_full Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
title_fullStr Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
title_full_unstemmed Children’s executive function during the COVID -19 pandemic in Argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
title_sort children’s executive function during the covid -19 pandemic in argentina : associations with home literacy , reading , and screen times
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