Cognitive and neuropsychological predictors of juvenile adjudicative competency: The role of executive functioning
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The relationship between juvenile adjudicative competence and executive functioning was investigated in a sample of 96 middle and high school students.Measures of adjudicative competence (selected questions from the Fitness Interview Test-Revised Understanding scale) and legal decision-making were administered together with cognitive and neuropsychological testing assessing various domains of executive functioning.Adolescents ages 13-14 performed less well than older adolescents (ages 17-18) with regard to competency abilities.Significant correlations were observed between competency scores and working memory, response inhibition/impulsivity, and metacognition/insight, but not cognitive flexibility.Hierarchical regression analyses testing the incremental predictive ability of executive functions indicated that metacognition/insight remained a significant predictor of competency beyond age and intelligence.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1528713549