Executive Functioning as a Pathway Between Social Skills and Psychopathology: The Moderating Role of Autism Diagnosis
Samina I Ansari, Lucas A Martin, Kristi C Guest, Rajesh K Kana · 2026
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Samina I Ansari and co-authors test a pathway question in 2026. Does executive function carry the effect of weak social skills into emotional and behavioral problems in young people? Inner and outer troubles are common in childhood, and more common still in neurodevelopmental conditions. Their two moderated mediation models compared autistic and typically developing children and adolescents side by side.
Poor metacognitive functioning, the planning and monitoring side of executive skills, carried social skill deficits into inner troubles only in the autistic group. Behavior dysregulation carried the same deficits into outer troubles in both groups. Formal tests of group difference on those pathways came out negative. So the diagnosis did not statistically moderate them. The authors still urge early screening of distinct executive domains to catch weak spots sooner.
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| CREATOR | Samina I Ansari, Lucas A Martin, Kristi C Guest, Rajesh K Kana |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47720 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |