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Goudas, M.; Samara, E.; Kolovelonis, A. A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Executive Function and Calibration Accuracy. Children2024, 11, 364.
Goudas, M.; Samara, E.; Kolovelonis, A. A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Executive Function and Calibration Accuracy. Children 2024, 11, 364.
Goudas, M.; Samara, E.; Kolovelonis, A. A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Executive Function and Calibration Accuracy. Children2024, 11, 364.
Goudas, M.; Samara, E.; Kolovelonis, A. A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Executive Function and Calibration Accuracy. Children 2024, 11, 364.
Abstract
This longitudinal study aimed to examine the development of executive function and calibration accuracy in pre-adolescents. Two hundred sixty two students(127 females) from grades 4 (n = 91), 5 (n = 89) and 6 (n = 82) took measures of executive function and performance calibration in a sport task, three times within a period of 20 months. A latent growth curve modeling analysis showed a significant relation between the rates of change of executive function and calibration. Further, the results showed a dynamic interplay in the development of executive function and calibration. There were significant inter-individual differences in the estimated population means both in executive function and calibration and in the rate of change of executive function, but not in the rate of change for calibration. The age of the participants had a positive effect only on the estimated population mean of executive function. Overall, although the development of executive function and calibration in pre-adolescence presents a pattern of improvement, it is also characterized by large inter-intividual differences.
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