ArticleJournal of Intelligence2021
Advancing the Understanding of the Factor Structure of Executive Functioning.
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- Executive Functioning in Different Types of Reading Disabilities.Journal of Intelligence · 2024Article
- The common factor of executive functions measures nothing but speed of information uptake.Psychological research · 2024Article
- On the Relation between the Development of Working Memory Updating and Working Memory Capacity in Preschoolers.Journal of Intelligence · 2022Article
- Do Executive Attentional Processes Uniquely or Commonly Explain PsychometricJournal of Intelligence · 2021Article
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Abstract
There has been considerable debate and interest regarding the factor structure of executive functioning (EF). Therefore, the aim of the current study was to delve into this issue differently, by investigating EF and other cognitive constructs, such as working memory capacity (WMC), relational integration, and divided attention, which may contribute to EF. Here, we examined whether it is possible to provide evidence for a definite model of EF containing the components of updating, shifting, and inhibition. For this purpose, 202 young adults completed a battery of EF, three WMC tests, three relational integration tests, and two divided attention tests. A confirmatory factor analysis on all the cognitive abilities produced a five-factor structure, which included one factor predominately containing shifting tasks, the next factor containing two updating tasks, the third one predominately representing WMC, the fourth factor consisting of relational integration and antisaccade tasks, and finally, the last factor consisting of the divided attention and stop signal tasks. Lastly, a subsequent hierarchical model supported a higher-order factor, thereby representing general cognitive ability.
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