Table 1.
Correlations Between Raw Executive Functioning Scores by Age
| Executive functioning | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8- to 10-year-olds | |||||
| 1. DSB | — | ||||
| 2. LDSB | .80** | — | |||
| 3. Stroop interference | .16 | .24 | — | ||
| 4. TOL execution time | −.17 | −.15 | −.10 | — | |
| 5. TOL time violations | −.12 | −.92 | −.39 | .93** | — |
| 11- to 13-year-olds | |||||
| 1. DSB | — | ||||
| 2. LDSB | .75** | — | |||
| 3. Stroop interference | .14 | .12 | — | ||
| 4. TOL execution time | −.27 | −.34* | −.31 | — | |
| 5. TOL time violations | −.06 | −.15 | −.15 | .78** | — |
| 14- to 16-year-olds | |||||
| 1. DSB | — | ||||
| 2. LDSB | .91** | — | |||
| 3. Stroop interference | .07 | .21 | — | ||
| 4. TOL execution time | −.09 | −.01 | .04 | — | |
| 5. TOL time violations | −.01 | −.05 | −.01 | .76** | — |
Note. DSB = Digit Span Backwards; LDSB = Longest Digit Span Backwards; TOL = Tower of London.
*
p < .01.
**
p < .001.