Rate of growth in task-based inhibitory control is unrelated to later delinquent behavior¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Individual differences in the slope of task-based inhibitory control did not predict delinquent behavior in middle adolescence or emerging adulthood, contrary to hypotheses. → Fosco 2019

Evidence¶

Fosco 2019¶

Fosco, W. D., Hawk, L. W. Jr., Colder, C. R., Meisel, S. N., & Lengua, L. J. (2019). The development of inhibitory control in adolescence and prospective relations with delinquency. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.008

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Null prospective finding from the same growth-model prediction analysis in the 387-family sample; the slope also did not predict middle-adolescent delinquency (b= 0.0001, SE= 0.003, p=.99). No statistically significant association was detected; equivalence was not tested.

"Individual differences in the rate of change (slope) in inhibition across early to middle adolescence was unrelated to delinquent behavior in emerging adulthood (b= 0.006, SE= 0.05, p=.90)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Executive Function — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Lower inhibitory control in early adolescence predicts greater increases in delinquency from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood — related
• Task-based inhibitory control (Stop Signal Task) improves curvilinearly from ages 11 to 15, with growth slowing around middle adolescence — related
• Child IQ, sex, and parental income do not predict initial levels or growth of task-based inhibitory control — related
• Parent-reported inhibitory control (EATQ-R) shows no detectable growth from early to middle adolescence — related