Hye-Sook Park, Seokmin Kang, Sungyeun Kim
A longitudinal study of the effect of individual and socio-cultural factors on students' creativity
Frontiers in psychology
elementary school years absenteeism peak kindergarten although much established effects missing kindergarten school days achievement nothing yet established absenteeism executive function ef skills yet developing ef skills early school critical missed inschool time might longterm implications explore link asked whether absenteeism kindergarten linked short longterm ef skill development using nationally representative data n 14370 employing fixedeffects modeling found kindergarten absenteeism linked lower working memory cognitive flexibility outcomes patterns varied based definition absenteeism though evidence suggest longterm declines ef skills seen least third grade