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:: Volume 12, Issue 1 (Vol12 No1 Spring 2025- 2025) ::
J Child Ment Health 2025, 12(1): 102-116 Back to browse issues page
Comparison of executive functions and self-control in first grade elementary school children with and without preschool experience
Zahra sadat Pour Seyyed Aghaei1 , Mehri Haji Abdul Razzaq Qazvini *2
1- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2- Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (231 Views)
Background and Purpose: Recent approaches to the development of executive Function and self-control in children emphasize the effect of education, these variables develop very quickly in the preschool period, however, few researchers have tried to evaluate the direct effect of the preschool period on the processes of executive Function and They have self-control in young children. The main purpose of this article was to compare executive Function and self-control of children with and without preschool experience in the first grade of elementary school. 
Method: A cross-sectional design with causal-comparative descriptive method including parents of 200 first grade children from schools in 4 districts of Tehran municipality was available using sampling. Data were completed and implemented by parents using the Coolidge Executive Functioning Questionnaire (2002), Self-Control Rating Scale (SCRS; Kendall & Wilcox, 1979).
 Data analysis was done using analysis of variance in SPSS27 environment.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between executive functions (planning, organization, and inhibition) and self-control capacity (self-control, impulsivity, and impulsive self-control) in elementary school children with and without preschool experience (p<0.001).
Conclusions: The high impact of preschool education on children's mental health status was confirmed and the findings indicated that attending preschool has a positive effect on executive functions and self-control ability.
Article number: 7
Keywords: Executive function, self-control, preschool, children
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2024/09/12 | Accepted: 2025/06/13 | Published: 2025/07/8
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