APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Socio-Economic Status Predicts Reading Comprehension Beyond Executive Functions

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cognitive

  • Dacian Dolean
    Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
  • Laura Visu-Petra
    Babes-Bolyai University

Abstract

Executive functions (EF) were found to fully mediate the effects of socio-economic status (SES) on reading comprehension. In this study we found for the first time that SES has a direct effect on reading comprehension beyond EF when the sample includes children from severely underprivileged backgrounds.

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