Volume 26, Issue 2 (Summer 2020)                   IJPCP 2020, 26(2): 188-199 | Back to browse issues page


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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , ahmad.ashouri@gmail.com
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
4- Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:   (2530 Views)
Objectives: Executive functions refer to the use of cognitive processes to control thoughts and emotions. The purpose of this study was to predict impairment in executive functions, based on impairment in motor and linguistic growth in children.
Methods: The research method is descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study was all students of elementary school studying in the academic year of 2018-2019 in Tabriz City, AMONG them 700 were selected in a multi-stage cluster. In the next step, their parents were asked to complete the Coolidge Neuropsychological and Personality Questionnaire (2002) and FTF-5 -15 questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Simultaneous Regression tests.
Results: The results showed that defective motor skills, language proficiency, and communication skills cause an executive function disorder.
Conclusion: Language skills and motor development are factors that are effective in the growth of executive functions.
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Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
Received: 2019/06/26 | Accepted: 2020/05/16 | Published: 2020/07/1

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