Sibling presence, executive function, and the role of parenting

Abstract

Siblings offer a unique context for practising skills such as executive function (EF). Further, siblings are influential agents in parenting practices, which may, in turn, be related to EF. The current study investigated the extent to which the presence of a sibling is related to parent-reported EF in preschoolers and whether the presence of

Relações entre Parentalidade e Funções Executivas: Uma Revisão Sistemática

“…Em relação à categoria "construtos gerais de parentalidade", os fatores latentes de qualidade parental (Meuwissen & Englund, 2016;Rolan et al, 2018;Sulik et al, 2015) e parentalidade positiva (Amicarelli et al, 2018;Blair et al, 2011;Smith et al, 2013) estiveram associados com uma melhor habilidade executiva, enquanto os componentes de parentalidade negativa apresentaram relações inversas ao desempenho das FEs em todos os estudos (Blair et al, 2011;Devine et al, 2016;Hughes & Devine, 2017;Smith et al, 2013). Quanto à categoria "práticas de cuidado e afetividade parental", a sensibilidade se mostrou associada positivamente às FEs em parte dos estudos (Blair et al, 2014;Gueron-Sela et al, 2017;Holochwost et al, 2018;Kok et al, 2014;Lucassen et al, 2015;Spruijt et al, 2018); porém, Cheng et al (2018), em uma amostra de crianças chinesas de seis a 38 meses, Para a variável hostilidade, Lam et al (2018) observaram relações negativas com as FEs, tanto para hostilidade materna, quanto paterna.…”

“…de observação de interação diádica dos seis aos 36 meses, em um fator único, chamado de qualidade parental (o mesmo foi realizado aos cinco anos, transformando múltiplos fatores em uma medida única de qualidade parental) Rolan, Schmitt, Purpura e Nichols (2018). abordaram um construto de parentalidade global, e de modo semelhante, Meuwissen e Englund (2016), Amicarelli, Kotelnikova, Smith, Kryski e Hayden (2018) e Blair, Cybele Raver e Berry (2014), reduziram dados de múltiplas práticas parentais a um fator único, denominando-os de qualidade parental (para os primeiros autores) e parentalidade positiva (para os outros dois estudos), respectivamente.…”

The Relationship between Social Environmental Factors and Motor Performance in 3- to 12-Year-Old Typically Developing Children: A Systematic Review

“…However, a third explanation, that might explain the mixed results, could be that the relationship can be either positive or negative depending on the situation of the child [ 74 ]. A sibling might act as a role model, but if the sibling has poor motor skills, then the child will not gain much by imitating these motor skills [ 22 , 75 ]. Furthermore, the presence of more siblings might lead to a dilution of parental resources, but it may also provide learning experiences for parents that give them more experience in raising children [ 74 ].…”

How Does Joint Media Engagement Affect the Development of Executive Functions in 5- to-7 year-old Children?

“…e results of these studies can also be partially applied to digital leisure. us, the presence of siblings in itself may be associated with a higher EF level (McAlister & Peterson, 2013;Rolan et al, 2018).…”

“…First, the interaction of a preschooler with an older brother or sister is a context in which a preschooler can learn, and master new skills and cultural norms, thereby also developing EF (Vygotsky, 1978). Second, cooperative play and con icts with siblings (whether younger or older) are safe contexts for the development of various social, emotional, and cognitive skills, including EF (McAlister & Peterson, 2013;Rolan et al, 2018). Having a sibling increases the frequency and variety of situations in which a child needs to compete and make compromises, potentially promoting the development of working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive exibility, as well as planning and strategic thinking skills (McAlister & Peterson, 2013).…”