<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Recently, extensive studies investigating executive functions in children with specific language impairment (SLI) have been performed. In the present study, we compared the level of executive functions (i.e., inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility) and literacy skills between 53 healthy children and 53 children with SLIs between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The groups were matched by age, gender and parental education level. Executive functions were assessed using the Children Card Sort, and the Literacy Assessment Battery was applied to measure literacy skills. The patients with SLI displayed a significantly lower level of cognitive flexibility than that of the healthy children. No significant differences were observed between the groups in inhibitory control and the majority of literacy skills. The results confirm the hypothesis that patients with SLI experience difficulties in cognitive flexibility.</p></abstract>

Recently, extensive studies investigating executive functions in children with specific language impairment (SLI) have been performed. In the present study, we compared the level of executive functions (i.e., inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility) and literacy skills between 53 healthy children and 53 children with SLIs between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The groups were matched by age, gender and parental education level. Executive functions were assessed using the Children Card Sort, and the Literacy Assessment Battery was applied to measure literacy skills. The patients with SLI displayed a significantly lower level of cognitive flexibility than that of the healthy children. No significant differences were observed between the groups in inhibitory control and the majority of literacy skills. The results confirm the hypothesis that patients with SLI experience difficulties in cognitive flexibility.

Efficiency of Executive Functions and Literacy Among Children With Specific Language Impairment

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Recently, extensive studies investigating executive functions in children with specific language impairment (SLI) have been performed. In the present study, we...

Efficiency of Executive Functions and Literacy Among Children With Specific Language Impairment

Published Online: Sep 26, 2018

Page range: 307 - 327

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0014

Keywords
executive functions, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, specific language impairment, literacy, sorting task, children

© 2018 Izabela Kaczmarek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Efficiency of Executive Functions and Literacy Among Children With Specific Language Impairment

Published Online: Sep 26, 2018

Page range: 307 - 327

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0014

Keywordsexecutive functions, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, specific language impairment, literacy, sorting task, children

© 2018 Izabela Kaczmarek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
executive functions, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, specific language impairment, literacy, sorting task, children