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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Communication Studies

Background:

  • Communication styles integrate verbal, non-verbal, and paraverbal elements.
  • Understanding how communication styles impact cognitive functions is crucial for child development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of different communication styles on attention performance in primary school children.
  • To determine the relationship between assertive, passive, and aggressive communication styles and cognitive attention abilities.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the Child Assertive Behavior Scale (CABS), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), and d2 attention test.
  • Assessed 77 primary school children.
  • Analyzed correlations between communication styles and attention test results.

Main Results:

  • A significant positive correlation was observed between an assertive communication style and the total correct answers on the SDMT.
  • Assertive communication style showed positive correlations with performance on the d2 attention test.
  • Children exhibiting an assertive communication style outperformed peers with passive or aggressive styles in attention tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Assertive communication style is linked to enhanced attention performance in primary school children.
  • Findings suggest that promoting assertive communication may benefit cognitive development and attention skills in children.