Bilingualism narrows socioeconomic disparities in executive functions and self-regulatory behaviors during early childhood: Evidence from the early childhood longitudinal study

• Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, TOH, Wei Xing, YANG, Hwajin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education; Child Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2460; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3717/viewcontent/bilingualism__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Socioeconomic status (SES) and bilingualism have been shown to influence executive functioning during early childhood. Less is known, however, about how the two factors interact within an individual. By analyzing a nationally representative sample of approximately 18,200 children who were tracked fr...