Time-Based Measures of Monitoring in Association With Executive Functions in Kindergarten Children

Kälin, Sonja; Roebers, Claudia M. (2020). Time-Based Measures of Monitoring in Association With Executive Functions in Kindergarten Children. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of psychology, 228(4), pp. 244-253. Hogrefe 10.1027/2151-2604/a000422

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Repeatedly, the notion has been put forward that metacognition (MC) and executive functions (EF) share common grounds, as both describe higher order cognitive processes and involve monitoring. However, only few studies addressed this issue empirically and so far their findings are rather inconsistent. Addressing the question whether measurement differences may in part be responsible for the mixed results, the current study included explicitly reported as well as time-based measures of metacognitive monitoring and related them to EF. A total of 202 children aged 4–6 years were assessed in terms of EF (inhibition, working memory, shifting) and monitoring. While there was no significant link between explicitly reported confidence and EF, latencies of monitoring judgments were significantly related to time- and accuracy-based measures of EF. Our findings support the association between EF and MC and the assumption that better inhibition abilities help children to engage in more thorough monitoring.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Kälin, Sonja Helen, Roebers, Claudia

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology

ISSN:

0044-3409

Publisher:

Hogrefe

Language:

English

Submitter:

Irène Semling-Kirchmeier

Date Deposited:

01 Dec 2020 08:18

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1027/2151-2604/a000422

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.148549

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/148549

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