ArticlePloS one2019
No evidence for effects of Turkish immigrant children's bilingualism on executive functions.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Is there a cognitive advantage in inhibition and switching for bilingual children? A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- The Bilingual Advantage in Children's Executive Functioning Is Not Related to Language Status: A Meta-Analytic Review.Psychological science · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of Bilingualism on Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review Based on the PRISMA Method.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Associations of language barriers with very preterm children's behavioural and socio-emotional problems across Europe.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Not All Bilinguals Are the Same: A Call for More Detailed Assessments and Descriptions of Bilingual Experiences.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Home Environment, Bilingual Preschooler's Receptive Mother Tongue Language Outcomes, and Social-Emotional and Behavioral Skills: One Stone for Two Birds?Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Recent research has increasingly questioned the bilingual advantage for executive functions (EF). We used structural equation modeling in a large sample of Turkish immigrant and German monolingual children (N = 337; aged 5-15 years) to test associations between bilingualism and EF. Our data showed no significant group differences between Turkish immigrant and German children's EF skills while taking into account maternal education, child gender, age, and working memory (i.e., digit span backwards). Moreover, neither Turkish immigrant children's proficiency in either language nor their home language environment predicted EF. Our findings offer important new evidence in light of the ongoing debate about the existence of a bilingual advantage for EF.
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