Executive function and the promotion of social–emotional competence

By N. Riggs, Laudan B. Jahromi, R. P. Razza, Janean E. Dillworth-Bart, Ulrich Mueller. 2006

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Effects of Mindful Awareness Practices on Executive Functions in Elementary School Children (2010, background): “Poor EF is associated with cognitive deficits, poor socio-emotional adjustment, and poor academic functioning ( Biederman et al, 2004 ; Blair, 2002 ), which may manifest as a lack of concentration, a lack of understanding of cause and effect, an inability to understand mental states, and/or impulsi”
Executive Function Skills and School Success in Young Children Experiencing Homelessness (2012, background): “…and empathic behaviors that are central to ratings of prosocial behavior in school-age children have theoretical ties to theory-of-mind abilities in children (understanding the perspectives of other people), which have strong empirical, as well as conceptual, links to EF (e.g., Riggs et al., 2006).”
Enhancing Preschoolers’ Self-Regulation Via Mindful Yoga (2015, background): “…Project (CSRP; Raver et al. 2011) or focus on social-emotional learning as with the Head Start REDI project (Bierman et al. 2008) and PATHS; (Riggs et al. 2006a) within Head Start preschools and elementary schools, have been successful in promoting attention, inhibitory control, and mental…”