Group cognitive intervention targeted to the strengthening of executive functions in children at social risk
The present study set out to evaluate the effectiveness of a group cognitive intervention aimed at promoting executive functions in children at social risk. The quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design included a control group. The sample was made up of 178 children (52% boys), aged 6-10. The chi...
- Autores:
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Korzeniowski, Celina
Ison, Mirta Susana
Difabio, Hilda
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Universidad de San Buenaventura
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio USB
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6701
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6701
- Palabra clave:
- Intervención cognitiva
Funciones ejecutivas
Cognitive intervention
executive functions
Children
Poverty
Niños
Pobreza
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- Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
Summary: | The present study set out to evaluate the effectiveness of a group cognitive intervention aimed at promoting executive functions in children at social risk. The quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design included a control group. The sample was made up of 178 children (52% boys), aged 6-10. The children were evaluated by means of a battery of neuropsychological EF tests and a teacher-rated behavioral EF scale. The intervention program included 30 group cognitive stimulation sessions that increased in difficulty and were embedded into school curr´ıcula. Trained children performed better in terms of cognitive flexibility, planning, metacognition and inhibitory control, as compared to their baseline values and to children in the control group. This study provides new evidence of the effectiveness of cognitive interventions for children and of children’s capability to transfer cognitive improvements to daily school activities |
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