A meta‐analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status and executive function performance among children

Abstract The relationship between childhood socioeconomic status ( SES ) and executive function ( EF ) has recently attracted attention within psychology, following reports of substantial SES disparities in children's EF . Adding to the importance of this relationship, EF has been proposed as a mediator of socioeconomic disparities in lifelong achievement and health. However, evidence about the relationship between childhood SES and EF is mixed, and there has been no systematic attempt to evaluate this relationship across studies. This meta‐analysis systematically reviewed the literature for studies in which samples of children varying in SES were evaluated on EF , including studies with and without primary…

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  National Institutes of Health

  Award: R01‐HD055689