No evidence for effects of Turkish immigrant children‘s bilingualism on executive functions
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No evidence for effects of Turkish immigrant children‘s bilingualism on executive functions. / Jaekel, Nils; Jaekel, Julia; Willard, Jessica ; Leyendecker, Birgit .
I: PLoS ONE, 2019.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - No evidence for effects of Turkish immigrant children‘s bilingualism on executive functions
AU - Jaekel, Nils
AU - Jaekel, Julia
AU - Willard, Jessica
AU - Leyendecker, Birgit
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Recent research has increasingly questioned the bilingual advantage for executive functions (EF). We used structural equation modeling in a large sample of Turkish immigrant and German monolingual children (N = 337; aged 5–15 years) to test associations between bilingualism and EF. Our data showed no significant group differences between Turkish immigrant and German children’s EF skills while taking into account maternal education, child gender, age, and working memory (i.e., digit span backwards). Moreover, neither Turkish immigrant children’s proficiency in either language nor their home language environment predicted EF. Our findings offer important new evidence in light of the ongoing debate about the existence of a bilingual advantage for EF.
AB - Recent research has increasingly questioned the bilingual advantage for executive functions (EF). We used structural equation modeling in a large sample of Turkish immigrant and German monolingual children (N = 337; aged 5–15 years) to test associations between bilingualism and EF. Our data showed no significant group differences between Turkish immigrant and German children’s EF skills while taking into account maternal education, child gender, age, and working memory (i.e., digit span backwards). Moreover, neither Turkish immigrant children’s proficiency in either language nor their home language environment predicted EF. Our findings offer important new evidence in light of the ongoing debate about the existence of a bilingual advantage for EF.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0209981
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0209981
M3 - Journal article
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
ER -
ID: 361710653