The effectiveness of executive functions education on self-regulation: mediator role of planing

The ability to self-regulate is one of the most important factors in relation with many positive psychological outcomes and should be fostered especially in students. The aim of the present study was to test the effectiveness of executive functions education on self regulation base on mediator role of planning. The research design was semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study was all students in the fifth, sixth and seventh grade in the 2nd district of Tehran. The participants were 40 students who were enrolled in schools in academic year of 2018-19. These participants selected through convenience sampling. In the experimental group, 20 students received 8 sessions of 90 minutes of training, while the members of the control group received no training. The research tool was The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function. For analysis of data, structural models with partial least squares approach were used in the form of MIMIC model. From significant findings of this study, we can mention the fitting of the conceptual model as well as the direct and indirect effect of executive functions education on self regulation. In sum the fitting model showed the importance of training and mediator variable.