Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control
Low inhibitory control (IC) is sometimes associated with enhanced problem-solving amongst adults, yet for young children high IC is primarily framed as inherently better than low IC. Here, we explore associations between IC and performance on a novel problem-solving task, amongst 102 English 2- and...
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| author | Hendry, A Agyapong, MA D'Souza, H Et al. |
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| description | Low inhibitory control (IC) is sometimes associated with enhanced problem-solving amongst adults, yet for young children high IC is primarily framed as inherently better than low IC. Here, we explore associations between IC and performance on a novel problem-solving task, amongst 102 English 2- and 3-year-olds (Study 1) and 84 Swedish children, seen at 18- months and 4-years (Study 2).
Generativity during problem-solving was negatively associated with IC, as measured by prohibition-compliance (Study 1, both ages, Study 2 longitudinally from 18-months). High parent-reported IC was associated with poorer overall problem-solving success, and greater
perseveration (Study 1, 3-year-olds only). Benefits of high parent-reported IC on persistence could be accounted for by developmental level. No concurrent association was observed between problem-solving performance and IC as measured with a Delay-of-Gratification task (Study 2, concurrent associations at 4-years). We suggest that, for young children, high IC may confer burden on insight- and
analytic-aspects of problem-solving. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7833baed-f6c9-4858-a091-569af3dede052022-07-12T11:37:02ZInhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-controlJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7833baed-f6c9-4858-a091-569af3dede05EnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2022Hendry, AAgyapong, MAD'Souza, HEt al.Low inhibitory control (IC) is sometimes associated with enhanced problem-solving amongst adults, yet for young children high IC is primarily framed as inherently better than low IC. Here, we explore associations between IC and performance on a novel problem-solving task, amongst 102 English 2- and 3-year-olds (Study 1) and 84 Swedish children, seen at 18- months and 4-years (Study 2). Generativity during problem-solving was negatively associated with IC, as measured by prohibition-compliance (Study 1, both ages, Study 2 longitudinally from 18-months). High parent-reported IC was associated with poorer overall problem-solving success, and greater perseveration (Study 1, 3-year-olds only). Benefits of high parent-reported IC on persistence could be accounted for by developmental level. No concurrent association was observed between problem-solving performance and IC as measured with a Delay-of-Gratification task (Study 2, concurrent associations at 4-years). We suggest that, for young children, high IC may confer burden on insight- and analytic-aspects of problem-solving. |
| spellingShingle | Hendry, A Agyapong, MA D'Souza, H Et al. Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title | Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title_full | Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title_fullStr | Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title_short | Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of self-control |
| title_sort | inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood exploring the burdens and benefits of self control |
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