Executive function (EF), the set of mental processes and skills involved in goal-oriented
planning, organizing, and controlling behavior, is believed to support child development …

Unjustified aggression in early childhood education has received less scientific attention
due to the methodological and ethical difficulties involved in working with children. This …

Executive functions (EF) are higher‐order cognitive processes present in the prefrontal
cortex and are fundamental in planning, executing and monitoring goal‐oriented …

Hot Executive Function (hot EF) refers to cognitive process involved in high emotion or
motivation, and the operation of this function is related to the activities of the ventromedial …

The study aimed to systematically analyze the empirical evidence that is available
concerning batteries, tests or instruments that assess hot executive functions (EFs) in …

We outline two accounts by which executive function (EF) supports children's moral
reasoning: an emergence and an expression account. The emergence account postulates …

Seminal work on relational aggression in middle childhood began in 1995 and the first study
to examine relational aggression in early childhood was published in 1996 in the Journal of …

The present study tested irritability as a mediator of inhibitory control's (IC) associations with
crossed form and function aggression subtypes over one year in early childhood (N= 300, M …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and
psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers' use of physical …

Prenatal risk, temperamental negative affect, and specific cognitive abilities have all
individually been identified as predictors of behavior problems during early childhood, but …