Journal article
Executive functioning (fully) and processing speed (mostly) mediate intelligence deficits in children born very preterm
Intelligence, Vol.68, pp.101-108
2018
Abstract
Children born very preterm (<32 weeks gestational age) are known to be at increased risk of neurocognitive impairments, in domains including executive functioning, processing speed, and fluid and crystallised intelligence. Given the close association between these constructs, the current study investigated a specific model, namely whether executive functioning and/or processing speed mediates the relationship between preterm birth and intelligence. Participants were 204 children born very preterm and 98 full-term children, who completed a battery of tasks measuring executive functioning, processing speed, and fluid and crystallised intelligence. Independent-samples t-tests found significantly poorer performance by children born preterm on all measures, and a confirmatory factor analysis found preterm birth to be significantly related to each of the cognitive domains. A latent-variable mediation model found that executive functioning fully mediated the associations between preterm birth and both fluid and crystallised intelligence. Processing speed fully mediated the preterm birth-fluid intelligence association, but only partially mediated the preterm birth-crystallised intelligence association. Future research should consider a longitudinal study design to test whether these deficits and mediating effects remain throughout childhood and adolescence.
Details
- Title
- Executive functioning (fully) and processing speed (mostly) mediate intelligence deficits in children born very preterm
- Authors/Creators
- C.R. Brydges (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaC.L. Reid (Author/Creator) - University of EdinburghC. Campbell (Author/Creator) - King Edward Memorial HospitalN. French (Author/Creator) - King Edward Memorial HospitalM. Anderson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Intelligence, Vol.68, pp.101-108
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Identifiers
- 991005544245207891
- Copyright
- © 2018 Elsevier Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 1 Clinical & Life Sciences
- 1.7 Neuroscanning
- 1.7.1026 Intelligence
- Web Of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- ESI research areas
- Psychiatry/Psychology