Executive Functioning and its Relationship to Academic and Social - Emotional Outcomes in Children with a History of Arterial Ischemic Stroke

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dc.contributor.advisorDesrocher, Mary E.
dc.creatorDeotto, Angela Christine
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T14:59:26Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T14:59:26Z
dc.date.copyright2014-08-21
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T14:59:26Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThirty-two pediatric patients with stroke and 32 demographically equivalent, healthy controls were tested on standardized measures of working memory, arithmetic, and spelling. EF and social-emotional behavioural data were collected via standardized parent questionnaires. Relative to controls, working memory performance of stroke participants was significantly lower across all tasks. Stroke participants demonstrated poorer functioning in both metacognitive and behavioural regulatory EF domains and significantly lower achievement on tests of math and spelling. Untimed pencil and paper arithmetic was an area of particular concern, as math impairment was documented in 40% of the tested stroke participants. Metacognitive EF abilities predicted academic achievement, and behavioural regulatory EF predicted social-emotional functioning. Furthermore, increased time since stroke and larger stroke lesions were associated with poorer academic outcomes, as indicated by retrospective analysis of a large patient database. Findings assist with accurate prognosis and indicate need for early post-stroke cognitive intervention in affected children and youth.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28252
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive outcomesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIschemic strokeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPediatric brain injuryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsExecutive functionsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsArithmeticen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWorking memoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLesion locationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsBehaviouren_US
dc.subject.keywordsSocial-emotionalen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAge at strokeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSocial skillsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAcademic achievementen_US
dc.titleExecutive Functioning and its Relationship to Academic and Social - Emotional Outcomes in Children with a History of Arterial Ischemic Stroke
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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