Children's age did not moderate the link between bicultural identity and cognitive flexibility¶

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q3 i? The three-way Turkish identity × German identity × age interaction on mixed-trial accuracy was not significant (β = 0.01, SE = 0.01, p = 0.643). → Spiegler O and Leyendecker B 2017

Evidence¶

Spiegler O and Leyendecker B 2017¶

Spiegler O and Leyendecker B (2017) Balanced Cultural Identities Promote Cognitive Flexibility among Immigrant Children. Front. Psychol. 8:1579. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01579

q3 · i? · associational · r2

A multivariate regression with a three-way interaction term (Turkish identity × German identity × age), reported in a footnote, tested whether age moderated the biculturalism–flexibility link in the sample of 225 children aged 9–15; it was not significant.

"This interaction was not significant, β= 0.01, SE= 0.01, p= 0.643, indicating that the link between biculturalism and cognitive flexibility did not depend on children's age."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Turkish and German identity interactively predicted accuracy on mixed Dot Task trials requiring cognitive flexibility among immigrant-origin children
• The link between Turkish identity and mixed-trial accuracy was negative when German identity was low and marginally positive when German identity was high
• Balanced bicultural identity showed no relation to working memory or inhibitory control performance in congruent and incongruent Dot Task trials — related
• The identity interaction on mixed-trial accuracy held marginally when controlling for language abilities, which themselves did not predict performance — related