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. 2018 Mar 21;18:386. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5290-3

Table 2.

Associations between school readiness, executive function & parenting

		School readiness	Executive Function / Adults				Parenting			Executive Function / Children
		School readiness	Inhibition Attention	Working memory	Cog. flexibility	GEC^a	Authoritative Parenting	Authoritarian Parenting	Permissive Parenting	Inhibition Attention	Working memory	Cog. flexibility	GEC^a
School readiness		1
Executive Function / Adults	Inhibition Attention	.819^b	1
	Working memory	.755^b	.932^b	1
	Cognitive flexibility	.795^b	.933^b	.945^b	1
	GEC^a	−.629^b	−.610^b	−.575^b	−.639^b	1
Parenting	Authoritative Parenting	.602^b	.645^b	.608^b	−.683^b	−.715^b	1
	Authoritarian Parenting	−.624^b	−.608^b	−.519^b	−.631^b	.560^b	−.615^b	1
	Permissive Parenting	−.611^b	−.465^b	−.464^b	−.540^b	.621^b	−.649^b	.623^b	1
Executive Function / Children	Inhibition Attention	.519^b	.783^b	.733^b	.548^b	−.635^b	.664^b	−.608^b	−.462^b	1
	Working memory	.569^b	.636^b	.686^b	.553^b	−.603^b	.649^b	−.593^b	−.496^b	.942^b	1
	Cognitive flexibility	.407^b	.641^b	.541^b	.590^b	−.657^b	.705^b	−.627^b	−.552^b	955^b	.953^b	1
	GEC^a	−.540^b	−.408^b	−.572^b	−.665^b	.661^b	−.563^b	.558^b	−.474^b	−.654^b	−.636^b	.656^b	1

^aGlobal Executive Composite of BRIEF-A/P assessment

^b Correlation is significant at the .001 level (2-tailed)