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Matteo Giuriato; Nicola Lovecchio – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2025
Aim: This study investigates the impact of an enhanced physical education (PE) program on attentional functions in middle school students. The aim is to evaluate whether increasing physical education hours, emphasizing cognitive tasks and team-based activities, could positively influence students' executive functions. Methods: The study involved…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Program Effectiveness, Attention, Middle School Students
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Maria Camila Londono; Carmen Dionne; Carl Lacharité – Journal of Early Intervention, 2025
Executive functions (EFs) are cognitive skills that begin developing in early life and are crucial for children's overall development and daily task performance. Generally, EFs are assessed through standardized neuropsychological tests, which may not always accurately capture real-world application. To overcome this limitation, alternative methods…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Rating Scales, Young Children, Cognitive Development
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Emiddia Longobardi; Mara Morelli; Matilde Brunetti; Stefania Sette; Pietro Spataro; Fiorenzo Laghi – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
Social understanding competence develops in sensitive and co-regulating caregiver interactions. Parental reflective functioning (PRF) and parenting stress can affect children's social understanding. This study investigated if children's social understanding was associated with PRF and parenting stress. Parents of 305 Italian children aged from 24…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Stress Variables, Parent Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence