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Executive functions and household chores: Does engagement in chores predict children's cognition?
- Source :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; Oct2022, Vol. 69 Issue 5, p585-598, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Introduction: The benefits of completing household chores appear to transfer beyond managing day‐to‐day living. It is possible that chore engagement may improve executive functions, as engagement in chores require individuals to plan, self‐regulate, switch between tasks, and remember instructions. To date, little research has been conducted on household chores and executive functions in children, for whom these skills are still developing. Methods: Parents and guardians (N = 207) of children aged 5–13 years (M = 9.38, SD = 2.15) were asked to complete parent‐report questionnaires on their child's engagement in household chores and their child's executive functioning. Results: Results of the regression model indicated that engagement in self‐care chores (e.g., making self a meal) and family‐care chores (e.g., making someone else a meal) significantly predicted working memory and inhibition, after controlling for the influence of age, gender, and presence or absence of a disability. For families with a pet, there was no significant relationship between engagement in pet‐care chores and executive function skills. Conclusion: We strongly recommend that further research explore the relationship between chores and executive functions. It is possible that parents may be able to facilitate their child's executive function development through encouraging participation in chores, whereas chore‐based interventions (e.g., cooking programmes) may also be used to target deficits in ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXECUTIVE function
HOUSEKEEPING
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
RESEARCH evaluation
CHILD development
AGE distribution
COGNITION
ACTIVITIES of daily living
HEALTH outcome assessment
COOKING
CHILD behavior
PETS
MANN Whitney U Test
SEX distribution
HUMAN-animal relationships
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
QUESTIONNAIRES
SOCIAL classes
CHI-squared test
DATA analysis software
PARENTS
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00450766
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159456427
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12822