1. Household Income and Early Adolescents' Executive Function: The Different Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Shift-and-Persist.
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Zhang, Jiatian, Mei, Kehan, Deng, Yiyi, Ren, Yi, and Huang, Silin
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FAMILIES & economics , *EXECUTIVE function , *STRUCTURAL equation modeling , *COGNITIVE flexibility , *RURAL conditions , *INCOME , *TEENAGERS' conduct of life , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *SOCIAL classes , *FACTOR analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *POVERTY , *PERCEIVED discrimination - Abstract
Household income predicts early adolescents' cognitive development. However, the mechanism underlying this association and protective factors are unclear. This study assessed one-year longitudinal data to examine whether perceived discrimination mediated the association between household income and executive function and the moderating role of shift-and-persist. 344 early adolescents in rural China were included in the study (mean = 10.88 years, SD = 1.32 years, girls: 51.74%). The latent variable model revealed that household income predicted early adolescents' cognitive flexibility and working memory in the subsequent year through perceived discrimination. Shift-and-persist moderated the negative effects of perceived discrimination on cognitive flexibility: perceived discrimination impeded cognitive flexibility only among early adolescents with low shift-and-persist. The findings highlight perceived discrimination in the relation between household income and early adolescents' executive function and underscore the protective role of shift-and-persist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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