Spontaneous flexibility, but not reactive flexibility, significantly predicts children's reading comprehension and writing¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Only spontaneous flexibility proved to be a significant predictor of writing and reading comprehension in a latent-variable structural equation model. → Arán Filippetti 2020

Evidence¶

Arán Filippetti 2020¶

Arán Filippetti, Vanessa; Krumm, Gabriela Liliana (2020). A hierarchical model of cognitive flexibility in children: Extending the relationship between flexibility, creativity and academic achievement. Child Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2019.1711034

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Study 1 used a latent-variable SEM approach to test the flexibility components' contribution to academic skills. The authors report that "only SF proved to be a significant predictor of writing and reading comprehension."

"Besides, only SF proved to be a significant predictor of writing and reading comprehension by using a latent-variable structural equation approach (SEM)."

Discussion¶

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