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Cristina Costescu; Rosan Adrian; David Carmen – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present deficits in regulation of their emotions which have a great impact on their mental health and well-being. There are several studies showing the connection between executive functions deficits and emotion dysregulation in the context of an ASD diagnosis. Our study aims to investigate which among…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Emotional Response, Self Control, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Dolean, Dacian Dorin; Lervåg, Arne; Visu-Petra, Laura; Melby-Lervåg, Monica – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The simple view of reading proposes that the development of reading comprehension in early elementary school is best predicted by children's fluent decoding and oral language skills. Recent studies challenge this view and suggest that executive functions should also be included in this theoretical model; however, the empirical evidence is not…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Marcu?, Oana; Martins, Eva Costa; Sassu, Raluca; Visu-Petra, Laura – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
When children are confronted with an emotional problem, affective flexibility mobilizes their cognitive and emotional resources to optimally address it. We investigated the contribution of executive functions to cognitive and affective flexibility in preschoolers. We assessed affective flexibility in 67 preschoolers (30 girls; M[subscript months]…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Predictor Variables