Relações entre funções executivas e tolerância ao desconforto em crianças em idade escolar

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.14407

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Publicado: sept 11, 2026
Edição: v. 44 n. 2 (2026)
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Palavras-chave: funções executivas tolerância ao desconforto regulação emocional crianças

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  Santiago Vernucci
Instituto de Psicología Básica, Aplicada y Tecnología, Mar del Plata, Argentina
  María Florencia Pereyra
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Psicología, Mar del Plata, Argentina
  Macarena del Valle
Instituto de Psicología Básica, Aplicada y Tecnología, Mar del Plata, Argentina
  Rosario Gelpi Trudo
Instituto de Psicología Básica, Aplicada y Tecnología, Mar del Plata, Argentina
  Lorena Canet Juric
Instituto de Psicología Básica, Aplicada y Tecnología, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Resumo

As Funções Executivas (FE) são processos de controle cognitivo que intervêm em diferentes domínios, incluido a regulação emocional. Embora seja esperado que estejam relacionados a habilidades como a Tolerância ao Desconforto (TD), existem poucos estudos sobre sua associação em crianças que tenham avaliado o papel de cada FE nessa habilidade. Este estudo examinou a relação entre FE (memória de trabalho, inibição e flexibilidade cognitiva) e TD em crianças em idade escolar. Foi realizado um estudo correlacional com uma amostra de 48 crianças de 7 a 9 anos. EF e TD foram avaliadas por meio de questionários de relatórios dos pais. Correlações altas e significativas foram encontradas entre cada FE e TD. A TD apresentou alta correlação com a flexibilidade cognitiva e correlação moderada com a memória de trabalho e com a inibição. Da mesma forma, ao considerar a contribuição conjunta de cada FE, apenas a flexibilidade cognitiva previu significativamente a TD. Esses achados fornecem evidências sobre a relação entre FE e TD em crianças em idade escolar, ressaltando o papel da flexibilidade cognitiva e a necessidade de estudos que permitam compreender melhor essa relação nessa fase do desenvolvimento.

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Vernucci, S., Pereyra, M. F., del Valle, M., Gelpi Trudo, R., & Canet Juric, L. (2026). Relações entre funções executivas e tolerância ao desconforto em crianças em idade escolar. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana , 44(2). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.14407
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