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ERIC Number: EJ1474874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1363-755X
EISSN: EISSN-1467-7687
Available Date: 2025-06-18
A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent-to-Young Adult Executive Function Development in Seven Countries
Ann Folker1; Christina Bertrand1; Yelim Hong2; Laurence Steinberg3; Natasha Duell4; Lei Chang5; Laura Di Giunta6; Kenneth A. Dodge7; Sevtap Gurdal8; Daranee Junla9; Jennifer E. Lansford7; Paul Oburu10; Concetta Pastorelli6; Ann T. Skinner7; Emma Sorbring8; Marc H. Bornstein11,12,13; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado14; Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong9; Liane Peña Alampay15; Suha M. Al-Hassan16; Dario Bacchini17; Kirby Deater-Deckard1,18
Developmental Science, v28 n4 e70040 2025
Executive functioning (EF) is an important developing self-regulatory process that has implications for academic, social, and emotional outcomes. Most work in EF has focused on childhood, and less has examined the development of EF throughout adolescence and into emerging adulthood. The present study assessed longitudinal trajectories of EF from ages 10 to 21 in a diverse, international sample. 1093 adolescents (50.3% female) from eight locations in seven countries completed computerized EF tasks (Stroop, Tower of London [ToL], Working Memory [WM]) at ages 10, 14, 17, and 21. Latent growth curve models were estimated to understand the average performance at age 10 and the change in performance over time for each task. Meta-analytic techniques were used to assess the heterogeneity in estimates between study sites. On average, EF task performance improved across adolescence into young adulthood with substantial between-site heterogeneity. Additionally, significant individual differences in EF task performance at age 10 and change in EF task performance over time characterized the full sample. EF improves throughout adolescence into young adulthood, making it a potentially important time for intervention to improve self-regulation.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stroop Color Word Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: RO1HD054805; RO3TW008141; P30DA023026
Author Affiliations: 1University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; 2University of Texas Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; 3Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 4California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, USA; 5University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China; 6Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy; 7Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; 8University West, Trollhättan, Sweden; 9Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 10Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; 11Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 12UNICEF, New York, USA; 13Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK; 14Universidad de San Buenaventura, Medellín, Colombia; 15Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines; 16Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE; 17University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; 18Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki, Finland