ERIC Number: EJ1465821
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1366-8250
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Executive Function Abilities in Mexican People with Down Syndrome during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, v50 n1 p116-126 2025
Background: The aim was to explore the executive function profile of a group of Mexican people with Down syndrome (DS) aged 12-30 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: To analyse the relationships between mental, chronological age and eight domains of executive function. Method: Participants were 42 people with DS with a chronological age (CA) of 12-30 years and a mean nonverbal mental age (MA) of 7 years. MA was evaluated with Raven's Progressive Matrices test and executive function with the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-2); both were administered online. Results: The Monitor, Emotional Control, Initiative, and Organisation of Materials scales showed strengths, while Working Memory, Plan/Organise, Shift, and Inhibit scales showed weaknesses. CA correlated negatively with seven of the eight executive domains. Chronologically older participants showed less impairment in skills such as inhibition, emotional control, working memory, and monitoring. Nonverbal MA correlated negatively with two domains: emotional control and monitoring. Conclusion: Participants' executive profile during the COVID-19 pandemic was consistent with that reported in studies prior to the pandemic.
Descriptors: Executive Function, Down Syndrome, COVID-19, Pandemics, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Young Adults, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Age Differences, Intelligence Tests, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Raven Progressive Matrices
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico