Executive Function Skills and School Success in Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

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Executive Function: Implications for Education. NCER 2017-2000. (2016, background): “There is also evidence, however, that good EF skills can protect against risks associated with poverty and adversity, including the risk of academic failure (Masten et al. 2012).”
Executive function and theory of mind as predictors of aggressive and prosocial behavior and peer acceptance in early childhood (2017, background): “Based on the findings of prior studies (Gini, 2006; Gomes & Livesey, 2008; Masten et al., 2012), it was hypothesized that cool and hot EF and ToM would be associated with prosocial behavior and peer acceptance.”
Executive functioning predicts academic achievement in middle school: A four-year longitudinal study (2016, background): “…among both children (e.g., Checa & Rueda, 2011; C. Clark, Prior, & Kinsella, 2002; Hughes & Ensor, 2011; Lan, Legare, Ponitz, Li, & Morrison, 2011; Masten et al., 2012) and adolescents (e.g., Bierman, Torres, Domitrovich, Welsh, & Gest, 2009; Kotsopoulos & Lee, 2012; Latzman, Elkovitch, Young, &…”
Executive function: Reflection, iterative reprocessing, complexity, and the developing brain (2015, background): “Children with lower SES show lower levels of EF skill, even controlling for general cognitive skills (e.g., Farah et al., 2006; Masten et al., 2012; Mezzacappa, 2004; Noble, Norman, & Farah, 2004; Obradović, 2010).”