Executive function's structure in monolingual and bilingual adults using confirmatory factor analysis

• Farzaneh Anjomshoae ^[1] ; Sandra A. Wiebe ^[1] ; Elena Nicoladis ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Alberta

     University of Alberta

     Canadá

     
  2. [2] University of British Columbia

     University of British Columbia

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 28, Nº 1, 2025, págs. 135-145
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/S136672892400021X
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• Resumen

  • In processing their two languages, bilinguals have to selectively attend to the target language and reduce interference from the non-target language. This experience may have specific cognitive consequences on Executive Functions (EF) through bilingual language processing. Some studies found cognitive consequences in executive functioning skills. However, other studies did not replicate these findings or found a bilingual disadvantage. The aim of this study was to test for the cognitive consequences of bilingualism in EF among a large number of young adults using a latent variable approach, to rule out non-EF task differences as an explanation for inconsistency across studies. Also, we were interested in testing the EF structure using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approach. The results did not support a cognitive consequence of bilingualism and also the EF structure was the same for both groups. We discuss other possible variables that might contribute to the mixed results across studies.

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