Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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Development of Children's Cool and Hot Executive Function and its Relationship to Children's Self-Regulation

유아의 인지적 실행기능 및 정서적 실행기능과 자기 조절간의 관계 : 만 3-5세 유아의 발달 차이를 중심으로

  • Choi, Eunah (Department of Child youth Psychology and Education, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Song, Ha-Na (Department of Child youth Psychology and Education, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 최은아 (성균관대학교 아동.청소년학과) ;
  • 송하나 (성균관대학교 아동.청소년학과)
  • Received : 2013.06.30
  • Accepted : 2013.10.14
  • Published : 2013.10.31
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Abstract

This study examined the relationships between children's cool executive function(cool EF), hot executive function(hot EF) and self-regulation according to the developmental changes. Children aged 3-5 years (N = 104) participated in this study. The participants completed cool and hot EF tasks and teachers reported on the children's cognitive regulation, emotional regulation, and behavioral regulation by means of questionnaires. The results indicated that cool EF and hot EF had different developmental patterns according to different age groups. High levels of cool/hot EF predicted better abilities in terms of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral regulation respectively. The relationship between coo/hot EF and cognitive/behavioral regulation were moderated by age, except in the case of emotional regulation. This paper also offers a detailed discussion of results and recommendations for future studies.

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