YAO Lan,GUO Wei-sen,WANG Xin,et al.The Relationship between Emotional Behavior and Narrative Ability in Children aged 5-6[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(06):627-630.
YAO Lan,GUO Wei-sen,WANG Xin,et al.The Relationship between Emotional Behavior and Narrative Ability in Children aged 5-6[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(06):627-630.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2025.06.016.
The Relationship between Emotional Behavior and Narrative Ability in Children aged 5-6
To investigate the impact of young children's emotional behaviors on their narrative ability and the mediating role of vocabulary level.
Methods
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50 young children from the senior classes of two kindergartens in Beijing were randomly selected as the research subjects. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
and picture book narrative tasks were utilized to assess the young children's emotional behavior level
vocabulary level
and narrative ability.
Results
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A significant positive correlation was found between young children's emotional behavior and vocabulary levels as well as between vocabulary level and narrative ability.
Conclusion
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Emotional behavior influences young children's narrative ability through vocabulary level.
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