Persistence on Task, Executive Functions, and the Perceived Meaning of Occupations Among Children

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Perceived autonomy in everyday activities is crucial for persistence on task. Occupational therapy practitioners can promote children's involvement and persistence in cognitive tasks by supporting a sense of autonomy in everyday activities, although further study is needed. What This Article Adds: This article highlights the contribution of perceived autonomy in everyday activities to children's involvement and persistence on task by providing empirical data on children's persistence on task with regard to their EF and perceived meaning of occupations. Children who persisted longer and completed tasks differed from their less persistent peers in terms of age and EF. However, perceived autonomy in everyday activities was the only predictor of task completion.PMID:35671507 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2022.049022
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research