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Mata S, Gómez-Pérez MM, Molinero C, et al. Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills, Executive Function and Learning Potential in Preadolescents with High/Low Family Risk. Span J Psychol. 2017;20:E56doi: 10.1017/sjp.2017.54.
Mata, S., Gómez-Pérez, M. M., Molinero, C., & Calero, M. D. (2017). Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills, Executive Function and Learning Potential in Preadolescents with High/Low Family Risk. The Spanish journal of psychology, 20E56. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2017.54
Mata, Sara, et al. "Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills, Executive Function and Learning Potential in Preadolescents with High/Low Family Risk." The Spanish journal of psychology vol. 20 (2017): E56. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2017.54
Mata S, Gómez-Pérez MM, Molinero C, Calero MD. Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills, Executive Function and Learning Potential in Preadolescents with High/Low Family Risk. Span J Psychol. 2017 Oct 30;20:E56. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2017.54. PMID: 29081333.
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Span J Psychol. 2017 Oct 30;20:E56. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2017.54.

Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills, Executive Function and Learning Potential in Preadolescents with High/Low Family Risk.

The Spanish journal of psychology

Sara Mata, M Mar Gómez-Pérez, Clara Molinero, M Dolores Calero

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  1. Universidad de Granada(Spain).

PMID: 29081333 DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2017.54

Abstract

Situations generated by high family risk have a negative effect on personal development, especially during preadolescence. Growing up in the presence of risk factors can lead to negative consequences on mental health or on school performance. The objective of this study focuses on individual factors related to this phenomenon during preadolescence. Specifically, we seek to establish whether level of family risk (high vs. low risk) is related to interpersonal problem-solving skills, executive function and learning potential in a sample of preadolescents controlling age, sex, total IQ, verbal comprehension ability and the classroom influences. The participants were 40 children, 23 boys and 17 girls between the ages of 7 and 12, twenty of which had a record on file with the Social and Childhood Protection Services of Information deleted to maintain the integrity of the review process, and therefore, a high family risk situation. The other 20 participants had a low family risk situation. Results show that the preadolescents from high family risk performed worse on interpersonal solving-problem skills and executive function (p < .05, b from -119,201.81 to 132,199.43, confidence interval from -162,589.78/-75,813.8 to 84,403.05/179,995.8). Nevertheless, they showed the same ability to learn as the participants from low family risk. These results highlight the negative effects of high family risk situation in preadolescents and give value of taking into account protective factors such as learning potential when assessing preadolescents from high family risk.

Keywords: executive function; high family risk; interpersonal solving-problem skills; learning potential; preadolescence

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