母亲语言支架预测儿童亲社会行为:儿童情绪理解的中介作用

Maternal Verbal Scaffolding Positively Predicts Children’s Prosocial Behavior:The Mediating Role of Children’s Emotional Understanding

目的:考察母亲的语言支架对儿童亲社会行为的影响以及儿童的情绪理解在其中的中介作用。方法:以120名儿童及其母亲为被试,对母子对话进行录音并分析,采用情绪理解测试问卷以及儿童亲社会行为问卷考察儿童的情绪理解水平和亲社会行为发展水平。结果:①母亲的语言支架、儿童的情绪理解及儿童的亲社会行为三者间存在显著正相关。②母亲的语言支架显著预测儿童的亲社会行为,儿童的情绪理解在母亲的语言支架和儿童的亲社会行为之间起部分中介作用。结论:母亲的语言支架对儿童亲社会行为发展的影响是通过儿童情绪理解的部分中介作用实现的。

Objective:The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between maternal verbal scaffolding and children’s prosocial behavior,and examine whether Children’s emotional understanding serves as a bridge between them.Methods:In samples of 120 children and their mothers,this research adopted the questionnaire measurements to measure children’s prosocial behavior,emotional understanding as well as the maternal verbal scaffolding.Results:①Maternal verbal scaffolding positively predicted children’s prosocial behavior.②children’s emotional understanding functions was a bridge linking maternal verbal scaffolding and children’s prosocial behavior.Conclusion:The effect of maternal verbal scaffolding on children’s prosocial behavior is realized through the partial mediating effect of children’s emotional understanding.