@article{a1395b4df06345dab279b5758dc47b6b,
title = "Using a multidimensional model of attention to predict low-income preschoolers{\textquoteright} early academic skills across time",
abstract = "The current study examines the organization of attention skills across the preschool year before kindergarten, and tests how distinct attention subcomponents predict early academic skills in a sample of low-income children (n = 99). Children completed well-validated attention tasks in fall at 4.5 years old and spring at 5 years old, capturing the abilities to selectively focus, sustain attention, and employ executive control. Exploratory factor analyses at both time points support a 2-factor model differentiating selective and sustained attention from attention processing speed and executive attention, suggesting that attention in low-income preschoolers may have a simpler organization than the 3-factor structure found in adulthood. Multiple regression models find children's ability to selectively focus and sustain attention serves as a robust concurrent and longitudinal predictor of academic skills. These results highlight the role of selective and sustained attention processes in supporting school readiness for economically vulnerable children.",
keywords = "attention, early academic skills, exploratory factor analysis, longitudinal, low-income, preschool",
author = "Shannon, {Katherine A.} and Gaia Scerif and Raver, {C. Cybele}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to the children who participated in this research. Special thanks to the research assistants and staff of the Neuroscience and Education Lab at New York University. We are grateful to Dr. Hanako Yoshida for assisting with task materials. Research reported in this publication was supported by a seed award to Shannon and Raver from the Institute of Human Development and Social Change (IHDSC) at New York University. Address for correspondence: Kat Shannon, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, Kimball Hall, 8th Floor, 246 Greene Street, New York NY 10003. Funding Information: We are grateful to the children who participated in this research. Special thanks to the research assistants and staff of the Neuroscience and Education Lab at New York University. We are grateful to Dr. Hanako Yoshida for assisting with task materials. Research reported in this publication was supported by a seed award to Shannon and Raver from the Institute of Human Development and Social Change (IHDSC) at New York University. Address for correspondence: Kat Shannon, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, Kimball Hall, 8th Floor, 246 Greene Street, New York NY 10003. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1111/desc.13025",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
journal = "Developmental Science",
issn = "1363-755X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}