APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
None-the-Less She Persisted: Gender Differences in Executive Function and Persistence in Early Elementary School
- Sarah Torgrimson
University of California, Los Angeles - Francesca Trane
University of California - Irvine - Jennie Grammer
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
Forty-one elementary students completed measures of EF and persistence. Girls persisted an average of 44.5 seconds longer than boys (r(41)=.331, p=.035). Only 17% of girls did not persist to maximal time, compared to 44% of boys, suggesting that future research explore how differences in gender socialization may influence student engagement.
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