ReviewFrontiers in psychology2022
Assessment of executive functions in school-aged children: A narrative review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- School changes minds: A meta-analysis shows that schooling modestly improves children's executive functions.Journal of experimental child psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Associations Between Motor Competence and Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Profile of Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Executive Functions, Social Processing Deficits and Clinical Implications.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2026Review
- ShopAutiPlan: Validating a Serious Game for Assessing Executive Planning in Autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Associations Between Nutritional Status, Cognitive Performance, and Surrogate Metabolic Profiles in School-Aged Children.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Serious Game Aimed at Assessing Executive Planning Skills in Children With Autism: Cross-Sectional Design and Formative Evaluation of ShopAutiPlan.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
- Does neurodevelopmental load predict cognitive flexibility?Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2026Article
- The effects of exergaming on executive functions in children with ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Review
- Psychometric validation and cultural adaptation of executive functioning scale in Malaysian University students.PloS one · 2026Article
- Executive functions in research and practice: a multimethod review of behavioral, subjective, and neurobiological assessment tools.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Associations Between Screen Time, Sleep, and Executive Function in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Digital Content and Age.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Socio-Emotional, Behavior and Cognitive Disorders Associated with Exposure to Trace Metals: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study in School-Age Children in Haut-Katanga Province.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Thinking, Feeling, and Moving in Kindergarten Children: How Motor Competence Shapes Executive Function Skills and Emotion Comprehension in Girls.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advances in complex thinking and neurotechnologies in education: a bibliometric analysis of research trends.Cognitive processing · 2025Review
- Shared and Unique Components of Executive Function as Predictors of Aggression Trajectories in High-Risk Adolescents.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2025Article
- Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- PROTOCOL: the On Track 2.0 cluster randomized teacher-led intervention to support executive function and self-regulation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of Difficulties in Executive Functions on Behavioral and Adaptive Problems in Italian Autistic Preschoolers.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Article
- A Novel Battery to Assess "Cool" and "Hot" Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- An event-related potential study of P300 in preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: In the past three decades, there has been increasing interest in assessing children's Executive Functions (EF). However, studies on the conceptualization and operationalization of this construct are incongruent and guidance for clinicians and researchers aiming to assess EF is insufficient due to measurement variability. Aims: The purpose of this article was to examine current theories and models of EF in children, identify their assessment instruments, issues, and challenges, and discuss their impact on children's cognitive, behavioral, social and/or emotional development. Methods: This narrative review reflected on English and French scholarly articles on EF assessment in children. References were identified through searches of PubMed, Medline, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and APA PsychNet throughout the last two decades up to June 2022. Results: There are commonalities despite divergence in the definition and operationalization of EF. Assessment of EF requires psychometric tests as well as rating scales that must be integrated and interpreted considering the child's biological makeup, environmental background, and cultural specificities. Conclusion: Current EF theories, assessment tools, issues, and challenges were discussed in addition to the impact of their components' dysfunctions on children's development. Further studies should be conducted to develop new measurement methods and technologies to improve the ecological and ethological validity of youth assessment, treatment, and interventions.
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