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KMID : 1036820190240040906
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Communication Sciences & Disorders
2019 Volume.24 No. 4 p.906 ~ p.924
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Association between Pragmatic Language Competence and Emotional/Behavioral Outcomes of 3rd Graders in Elementary School
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Lee Eun-Ju
Oh So-Jung
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Abstract
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Objectives: There is a dearth of studies exploring the association between pragmatic language competence and emotional/behavioral outcomes among children. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the association between the two.
Methods: Data (N= 600; 9-year-old children) from 10th wave of the Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC) of the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and path analysis. The analyses were conducted using measures of total and subtest scores of performance data on the Children’s Pragmatic Language Checklist (CPLC) and the Korean version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-Kr).
Results: Pragmatic language competence was related to hyperactivity/inattention, emotional symptoms, and prosocial behavior, and was not related to peer relationships problems and behavioral problems. And the problem of hyperactivity/inattention was directly affected by pragmatic language competence (β = -.973, p< .0000), and influenced emotional/behavioral problems through the partially mediated emotional symptoms (β= 1.529, p< .0000; β= .283, p< .0000).
Conclusion: It should be noted that the problems of pragmatic language, hyperactivity/inattention and emotional symptoms do not only apply to the problem of ADHD children, but are also a major cause of emotional/behavior problems for ordinary children. Further research is also required on whether hyperactivity/inattention, emotional symptoms and emotional/behavior problems can be decreased when pragmatic language proficiency programs are applied to children.
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KEYWORD
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CPLC (Children’s Pragmatic Language Checklist), SDQ-Kr, PSKC, Hyperactivity/ inattention, Emotional symptoms, Path analysis
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