Mothers' cognitive support during problem-solving did not predict children's later cognitive flexibility¶

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q3 i? In the same cross-lagged models, maternal cognitive support at preschool and kindergarten did not significantly predict child cognitive flexibility at the next wave. → Zeytinoglu 2019

Evidence¶

Zeytinoglu 2019¶

Zeytinoglu, S., Calkins, S. D., & Leerkes, E. M. (2019). Maternal emotional support but not cognitive support during problem-solving predicts increases in cognitive flexibility in early childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(1), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418757706

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In the final covariate-adjusted cross-lagged panel model (N = 278), the cognitive-support-to-flexibility paths were non-significant (Table 4 prints p = .990 and p = .062); the article states "Mothers’ cognitive support did not predict children’s cognitive flexibility." No effect size was printed, so the null is not evidence of equivalence.

"Mothers’ cognitive support did not predict children’s cognitive flexibility. Child cognitive flexibility did not predict maternal behaviors."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Children's cognitive flexibility did not predict later maternal emotional or cognitive support — related
• Greater maternal emotional support during problem-solving predicts greater child cognitive flexibility one year later, in both the preschool-to-kindergarten and kindergarten-to-first-grade intervals — related
• Maternal cognitive support was only modestly associated with emotional support and largely independent of intrusiveness and negativity — related