INDIAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH STUDIES - Volume 6 Issue 1, January 24

Pages: 77-96

Psychosocial Correlates of Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents

Aysha Thasleema, & Adarsh K. Verma

Category: Health Studies

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Abstract:

Executive functioning (EF) reflects an individual’s ability to reason, analyze, memorize, and respond according to the situation and develops interminably across childhood and adolescence. Although previous research has identified several factors influencing EF across developmental stages, the present review aims to identify the psychological and social correlates of executive functioning, particularly among children and adolescents. A search for previous literature was conducted in the Scopus, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases. The review indicates that EF is associated with major psychological factors like depression, anxiety, stress, emotional regulation, and its consequential behaviours. Social factors like socioeconomic status, parental support and warmth, peer interactions, relationships with teachers, maltreatment during childhood, and cultural impact also influenced EF among children and adolescents. The observations from the present review can aid in enhancing the EF of the concerned population by planning individualized interventions to improve goal-directed behavior and help future researchers explore executive functioning from a more holistic perspective.

Keywords: Executive functioning, children, adolescents, psychosocial factors

DOI: 10.56490/IJHS.2024.6104

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.56490/IJHS.2024.6104