从空间能力到社会能力:儿童时期空间能力与社会行为之间的关联
Dimitris I Tsomokos1, Eirini Flouri1
1Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
The British journal of developmental psychology
|June 20, 2025
概括
儿童的空间技能显著地预测了亲社会行为,即使在考虑了口头能力之后. 这凸显了空间发展在儿童中期社会能力方面的关键作用.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 了解认知和社会发展之间的相互作用对于幼儿教育至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经探索了影响亲社会行为的各种因素,但空间能力的具体作用仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究空间能力和中年儿童的亲社会行为之间的双向关系.
- 要确定空间技能是否预测亲社会行为,反之亦然,控制关键的共同变量.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自英国广大普通人口样本 (N=13,355) 的纵向调查数据.
- 交叉滞后的面板模型被用来检查5岁和7岁时空间能力和亲社会行为之间的预测关系.
- 控制了包括早期口语能力和育儿实践在内的共变量.
主要成果:
- 两个空间能力预测亲社会行为,反之亦然,最初都是显著的.
- 在对口头能力进行控制后,从亲社会行为到空间能力的路径被混了.
- 当考虑所有混因素时,只有从空间能力到亲社会行为的预测路径仍然具有意义.
结论:
- 空间技能是儿童中期亲社会行为的重要预测因素,独立于语言能力和育儿.
- 这些发现强调了促进空间发展对于增强儿童社会技能的重要性.
- 在早期和小学课程中整合空间技能发展存在影响.
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