Funcionamiento ejecutivo en niños y niñas de 4 a 5 años y factores contextuales asociados en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

Executive functions are self-directed cognitive abilities that allow conscious control of behavior and thought through self-regulation, in cognitive and emotional activity. The region of the brain involved in these processes is located in the prefrontal lobe. For this reason, it becomes a very important construct in the school environment because it constitutes a recent research field. Therefore, the objective of the research was to determine the level of executive functioning in children of initial 2 (children from 4 years to 5 years 11 months) and the associated contextual factors in the city of Cuenca. The research followed a quantitative route, with a correlational and cross-sectional scope with a non-probabilistic test for convenience. The BRIEF-P questionnaire was applied to the parents to know the executive response of the children under study. The results allowed us to know that there is a significant relationship between the level of education of the parents, the age of the representative and the socioeconomic level of identification of the families with the executive functioning of the boys and girls and finally that the boys and girls of public schools they have an executive functioning profile with greater difficulties than boys and girls from private institutions.