• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.387-400
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• 2021

This study examined the structural relationship between children's academic stress, grit, executive function difficulty, and media device addiction. Data on 1,132 children and their mothers from the 11^th (2018)Panel Study on Korean Children were used for the study. Data were collected by Academic Stress Scale, Grit Scale-Children, Child-Adolescent Self-reported Executive Function Difficulty Screening Questionnaire, and K-Internet Addiction Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0 program with Pearson correlation, structural equation model and bootstrapping. The main results were as follows. 1) Children's academic stress had a negative influence on their grit. 2) Children's grit had a negative influence on their executive function difficulty and media device addiction. 3) Children's executive function difficulty had a positive influence on their media device addiction. 4) The relationship between children's academic stress and media device addiction was mediated by their grit and executive function difficulty. This study is significant in the sense that it found protective factors and risk factors for children's addiction to media devices. We suggest that children's grit be improved, and their academic stress and executive function difficulty be reduced to prevent and mediate children's media device addiction.

• 대한치매학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2023

Background and Purpose: Dual walking task such as crossing over an obstacle may serve as an excellent tool for predicting early cognitive decline. Thus, this study aimed to investigate correlation between walking while crossing over an obstacle and executive functions under different gait phases to validate the use of walking with an obstacle for predicting early cognitive decline. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 48 elderly individuals from 2 day-care centers and 3 welfare-centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi, Korea. Executive function tests (Trail Making Test, Stroop test) and dual walking tests (gait speed, cadence, stance time, gait cycle time) were performed and compared using partial correlation analysis. Results: There were significant correlations between executive function and most of the gait variables (stance time, cadence, and gait cycle time) (p<0.05) when crossing over an obstacle while walking. Especially, stance time exhibited significant correlations with most executive functions (p<0.05). Conclusions: When evaluating executive function during walking with an obstacle, post-obstacle-crossing phase and stance time need to be observed.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.135-151
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 유아 72명을 대상으로 운동 능력과 실행 기능 간 관계를 살펴보았다. 운동 능력은 Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency(BOT-2)의 단축형을 사용하여 측정하였고, 실행 기능은 낮과 밤 과제, 깃발 들기 과제, 카드 분류 과제, 숫자 바로 따라 하기와 숫자 거꾸로 따라 하기 검사로 측정하였다. 자료의 분석 결과 첫째, 5세 유아의 운동 능력이 4세 유아보다 우세한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 5세 유아의 실행 기능이 4세 유아보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 유아의 운동 능력과 실행 기능 간에는 유의미한 정적 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 구체적으로 운동 능력 중 미세 운동조절 능력이 실행 기능과 높은 상관을 보였고, 실행 기능 중 행동적 억제, 작업 기억 능력이 운동 능력과 높은 상관을 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 유아의 발달에서 운동 능력과 실행 기능 간 관계가 있음이 확인되었다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2019

본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자를 대상으로 상호작용식 메트로놈 훈련이 관리기능에 미치는 효과에 대해서 알아보고자 실시하였다. 뇌졸중 환자 20명을 대상으로 실험군 10명, 대조군 10명으로 무작위 배분하였다. 실험군은 기본적인 재활치료와 상호작용식 메트로놈을 적용하였고, 대조군은 기본적 재활치료와 전통적 인지재활을 실시하였다. 훈련 전 후 관리기능을 검사하기 위하여 Kims 전두엽 관리기능 신경심리검사 II를 실시하였다. 연구 결과 실험군이 대조군에 비해 스트룹 간섭시행, 단어유창성, 지연회상, 관리기능지수에서 유의한 향상을 나타냈다. 따라서 상호작용식 메트로놈 훈련이 관리기능 향상에 효과적으로 것으로 나타났으며, 상호작용식 메트로놈 훈련이 관리기능 향상을 위한 중재방법으로 유용할 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.37-57
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• 2022

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether parent's play participation and children's friendly play initiative affect children's executive function through children's play flow. Methods: The survey was conducted on 376 children between the age of 3 and 5 their parents in Daegu city and Gyeonsang province. Data were collected through the questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, and path analysis with SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0 programs. Results: The major results were as follows. First, There were significant differences in parent's play participation, children's friendly play initiative, children's play flow, and executive function according to the children's age and family income. Second, parent's play participation and children's friendly play initiative indirectly affected children's executive function through children's play flow. Conclusion/Implications: This study highlights how children's play affects executive function. Also, the findings of this study will contribute to designing various programs that can promote parent's play participation, children's friendly play initiative, and play flow, which affects the children's executive function.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

Household chaos, represented by high levels of disorganization and instability in the home, has been linked with suboptimal outcomes for preschoolers. The aim of this study was to examine the roles that sleep problems and executive function play in the association between household chaos and preschoolers' aggression and prosocial behavior. The sample for the study consisted of 420 preschoolers and their mothers. The mothers provided reports on the level of chaos in the home and their preschoolers' sleep problems, executive function, and social behavior, including aggression and prosocial behavior. The data was analyzed using structural equation modeling. When preschoolers' sleep problems and executive function were included in the model as mediators, the results indicated that household chaos did not have direct effects on preschoolers' aggression and prosocial behavior. Such effects were instead serially mediated by preschoolers' sleep problems and executive function, respectively. The higher the degree of household chaos, the more preschoolers displayed sleep problems and deficits in executive function, resulting in more aggression and less prosocial behavior. The findings from this study emphasize the significance of reducing household chaos in order to reduce preschoolers' aggression and promote prosocial behavior. They also underscore the need to identify additional variables that mediate the impact of household chaos on preschoolers' social outcomes.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.25-35
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of group game play program on ADHD-liked children’s executive function. The game play program was implemented for children in experiment group to find out the effect of the group game play program on ADHD-liked executive function. The subjects of this study were 12 children (4th year elementary students), showing ADHD characteristics. 6 were put in experiment group and other 6 were put in control group randomly. The effectiveness of group game play on ADHD children’s executive function are as followings: The attention ability, behavior inhibition ability, cognitive flexibility of children in experiment group was improved more than in control group. It is concluded that group game play program is effective for ADHD-liked children’s executive function.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.131-148
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• 2020

This study examined the dual mediating effects of preschoolers' executive function and counterfactual thinking in the relationship between maternal reflective functioning and preschoolers' higher-order thinking. Participants included 293 preschoolers and their mothers in Daegu city and Gyeongsang province. The mothers completed questionnaires regarding their reflective functioning, preschoolers' executive function, and creative thinking. Teachers completed questionnaires regarding preschoolers' critical thinking and caring thinking. Preschoolers' counterfactual thinking was measured by interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis with SPSS 25.0. Path analysis and bootstrapping were used with AMOS 25.0 program. Also, specific indirect effect were analyzed using AMOS user-defined estimand function. The primary results of this study are as follows. Maternal reflective functioning had an indirect effect on preschoolers' critical thinking and caring thinking through preschoolers' executive function and counterfactual thinking; however, maternal reflective functioning had no indirect effect on preschoolers' creative thinking through preschoolers' executive function and counterfactual thinking. This study revealed that maternal reflective functioning and preschoolers' executive function and counterfactual thinking need to be considered simultaneously to explain the level of preschoolers' higher-order thinking. The results highlight the dual mediating effects of preschoolers' executive function and counterfactual thinking in the relationship between maternal reflective functioning and preschoolers' higher-order thinking.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.33-50
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• 2015

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 뇌졸중 환자의 집행 기능 향상을 위해 회복기 및 인지 과정에 따른 중재법을 알아보고, 이를 집행기능 장애의 사례별 특성에 따라 정리하여 임상현장의 작업치료사에게 시행방법과 근거를 제시하고자 하는 것이다. 연구방법: 주요검색 용어'Stroke', 'Executive function', 'Executive function deficit', 'Occupational therapy', 'Rehabilitation', 'Remedial', 'Compensatory' and 'Education'를 사용하여 1996년부터 2015년 4월까지 20년 간의 문헌을 검색하였다. 전자 테이터 베이스인 MEDLINE, SCOPUS, RISS을 사용하였으며 최종적으로 13개의 논문이 본 연구의 분석 대상으로 사용되었다. 결과: 선정된 13편의 연구는 질적 수준(level of evidence)에 따라 전체 연구 중 수준I에 포함하는 무작위 할당 실험설계는 6개(46.2%)이었고, 수준II가 1개(7.7%), 수준III이 2개(15.4%), 수준IV가 4개(30.8%)이었다. 각 중재 방법에 따른 결과로 실행 기능의 향상을 보이나 일상생활의 일반화는 각 실험에 따라 차이가 있었다. 결론: 뇌졸중 환자의 집행 기능 향상을 위해 다양한 중재 방법이 적용되고 있으며, 중재 방법에 따라 효과의 차이가 나타났다. 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자의 집행 기능 향상을 위한 중재 방법의 임상적 적용에 대한 근거를 제시하였다. 향후 연구에서는 다양한 중재 방법의 적용과 급성기 뇌졸중 환자에 대한 적용이 필요하다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2017

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating effects of executive function and emotion regulation of preschoolers on the relationships between mothers' affective parenting and preschoolers' peer competence. Methods: The participants were 3 to 5 year old preschoolers and their mothers (N = 241) living in Busan and Kyungnam province. Data analysis methods included descriptive statistics, Cronbach ${\alpha}$, Pearson's correlation analysis, and SEM. Data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 23.0 program and Amos 23.0 program. Results: The major findings of this study are as follows. First, mothers' affective parenting, preschoolers' executive function, emotion regulation, and peer competence correlated positively. Second, the relationship between mothers' affective parenting and preschoolers' peer competence was mediated by preschoolers' executive function and emotion regulation. Conclusion: These findings suggest the importance of mediating effects of preschoolers' executive function and emotion regulation on the relationship between mothers' affective parenting and preschoolers' peer competence.