Nicholas P. Allan|Christopher J. Lonigan
Exploring dimensionality of effortful control using hot and cool tasks in a sample of preschool children
Florida State University|Florida State University
effortful control ec important developmental construct associated academic performance socioemotional growth psychopathology ec defined ability inhibit delay prepotent response typically favor subdominant response undergoes rapid development childrens preschool years research involving ec preschool children aided ensuring measured model ec matches latent structure ec extant research indicates ec may multidimensional consisting hot affectively salient cool affectively neutral dimensions however several untested assumptions regarding defining features hot ec confirmatory factor analysis used sample 281 preschool children mage5592months sd416 466 male 534 female compare multidimensional model composed hot cool ec factors unidimensional model hot tasks created adding affective salience cool tasks hot cool tasks varied aspect tasks tasks measuring ec best described single factor distinct hot cool factors indicating affective salience alone differentiate hot cool ec ec shared genderinvariant associations academic skills externalizing behavior problems