Family socioeconomic status and child executive functions: the roles of language, home environment, and single parenthood.

Sarsour, Khaled; Sheridan, Margaret; Jutte, Douglas; Nuru-Jeter, Amani; Hinshaw, Stephen; Boyce, W. Thomas

doi:10.1017/s1355617710001335

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Family socioeconomic status and child executive functions: the roles of language, home environment, and single parenthood.

Sarsour, Khaled, Sheridan, Margaret, Jutte, Douglas, Nuru-Jeter, Amani, Hinshaw, Stephen, Boyce, W. Thomas·2011·Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

DOI 10.1017/s1355617710001335

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The association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and child executive functions is well-documented. However, few studies have examined the role of potential mediators and moderators. We studied the independent and interactive associations between family SES and single parenthood to predict child executive functions of inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and working memory and examined child expressive language abilities and family home environment as potential mediators of these associations. Sixty families from diverse SES backgrounds with a school-age target child (mean [SD] age = 9.9 [0.96] years) were evaluated. Child executive functioning was measured using a brief battery. The quality of the home environment was evaluated using the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory. Family SES predicted the three child executive functions under study. Single parent and family SES were interactively associated with children’s inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility; such that children from low SES families who were living with one parent performed less well on executive function tests than children from similarly low SES who were living with two parents. Parental responsivity, enrichment activities and family companionship mediated the association between family SES and child inhibitory control and working memory. This study demonstrates that family SES inequalities are associated with inequalities in home environments and with inequalities in child executive functions. The impact of these disparities as they unfold in the lives of typically developing children merits further investigation and understanding. (JINS, 2011, 17, 000–000)

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Authors: Sarsour, K., Sheridan, M., Jutte, D., Nuru-Jeter, A., Hinshaw, S., & Boyce, W. T.
Affiliations: Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
Harvard University (US)
University of California, Berkeley (US)
University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author: Sarsour, Khaled
ORCID: Sheridan, Margaret
Hinshaw, Stephen
Boyce, W. Thomas
Venue: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 2010-11-15
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Pages: 120-132
ISSN: 1355-6177 (ISSN-L)
1469-7661
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617710001335
OpenAlex: W2165520714
Semantic Scholar: 54a2370b83141557721bdb2ad332296cd8f16f7e
Cited by: 556
References: 126
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 92 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 14
FWCI: 13.87
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH070950, R21MH70950-01)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: family socioeconomic status, single parenthood, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, working memory, expressive language, family environment, parental responsiveness, enrichment activities, mediation, moderation, elementary school students
MeSH terms: Child, Child Development, Family, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Neuropsychological Tests, Social Class, Statistics as Topic, Single Parent, Multivariate Analysis, Executive Function

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