Table 3:
Associations among EF task, EATQ-R and BRIEF-SR bifactor models
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Correlation | Partial correlation controlling for age & gender | Age Interactions | Gender Interactions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | SE | p | r | SE | p | b | SE | p | b | SE | p | ||
| BRIEF-SR with EF Task Model: | |||||||||||||
| Common EF tasks | BRIEF Common EC | .110 | .080 | .168 | .030 | .088 | .738 | −.073* | .036 | .044 | −.006 | .086 | .945 |
| Common EF tasks | BRIEF WM-spec. | .150 | .098 | .127 | .175 | .106 | .097 | .204** | .057 | <.001 | −.184 | .115 | .111 |
| Common EF tasks | BRIEF Shift-spec. | .034 | .103 | .743 | .024 | .106 | .820 | .179* | .089 | .043 | −.208 | .198 | .292 |
| Updating-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF Common EC | .089 | .084 | .286 | .095 | .099 | .341 | .040 | .048 | .406 | −.014 | .137 | .920 |
| Updating-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF WM-spec. | .096 | .102 | .350 | .118 | .120 | .327 | −.057 | .055 | .308 | .018 | .138 | .895 |
| Updating-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF Shift-specific | .325** | .116 | .005 | .376** | .115 | .001 | .004 | .072 | .953 | −.102 | .175 | .562 |
| Shifting-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF Common EC | .012 | .067 | .856 | −.003 | .068 | .962 | .065 | .037 | .076 | .054 | .086 | .531 |
| Shifting-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF WM-spec. | −.021 | .081 | .793 | −.020 | .082 | .807 | .018 | .054 | .739 | −.125 | .118 | .289 |
| Shifting-spec. EF tasks | BRIEF Shift-spec. | .182* | .078 | .020 | .173* | .079 | .029 | .001 | .075 | .984 | −.674* | .303 | .026 |
| EATQ-R with EF Task Model: | |||||||||||||
| Common EF tasks | EATQ Common EC | .214** | .083 | .010 | .201* | .092 | .025 | .109** | .040 | .007 | −.162 | .092 | .079 |
| Common EF tasks | EATQ Activation-Spec | −.275** | .093 | .003 | −.231* | .103 | .025 | .003 | .049 | .944 | −.040 | .109 | .714 |
| Updating-spec. EF tasks | EATQ Common EC | −.067 | .106 | .525 | −.075 | .121 | .533 | −.025 | .047 | .600 | .063 | .117 | .591 |
| Updating-spec. EF tasks | EATQ Activation-Spec | −.214 | .118 | .070 | −.240 | .128 | .060 | .044 | .054 | .424 | −.146 | .128 | .252 |
| Shifting-spec. EF tasks | EATQ Common EC | −.018 | .068 | .795 | −.024 | .070 | .731 | .016 | .032 | .622 | .011 | .072 | .880 |
| Shifting-spec. EF tasks | EATQ Activation-Spec | .000 | .075 | .999 | −.005 | .077 | .951 | −.016 | .035 | .646 | −.029 | .083 | .739 |
| BRIEF-SR with EATQ-R Model: | |||||||||||||
| EATQ Common EC | BRIEF Common EC | .589** | .052 | <.001 | .575** | .053 | <.001 | −.073 | .042 | .084 | −.103 | .087 | .240 |
| EATQ Common EC | BRIEF WM-spec. | .515** | .060 | <.001 | .521** | .060 | <.001 | .030 | .057 | .600 | −.233* | .102 | .022 |
| EATQ Common EC | BRIEF Shift-spec. | .082 | .063 | .196 | .088 | .064 | .169 | .000 | .090 | .999 | −.105 | .093 | .260 |
| EATQ Activation-Spec | BRIEF Common EC | .082 | .076 | .280 | −.056 | .077 | .468 | .063 | .098 | .523 | −.051 | .086 | .553 |
| EATQ Activation-Spec | BRIEF WM-spec. | .066 | .088 | .454 | .058 | .088 | .511 | −.015 | .063 | .808 | −.104 | .119 | .381 |
| EATQ Activation-Spec | BRIEF Shift-spec. | −.256** | .089 | .004 | −.253** | .089 | .004 | −.098 | .096 | .304 | −.034 | .100 | .734 |
Note. For BRIEF, signs are reversed so that higher scores indicate higher EC for consistency with EATQ-R and EF measures.
Gender is coded -1 = female, 1 = male; negative gender interaction terms indicate stronger effects in female participants
*
p < .05 uncorrected
**
p < .05 FDR corrected