Symbols Build Communication and Thought: The Role of Gestures and Words in the Development of Engagement Skills and Social-Emotional Concepts during Toddlerhood

Autor/inn/en	Vallotton, Claire D.; Ayoub, Catherine C.
Titel	Symbols Build Communication and Thought: The Role of Gestures and Words in the Development of Engagement Skills and Social-Emotional Concepts during Toddlerhood
Quelle	In: Social Development, 19 (2010) 3, S.601-626 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00549.x
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Mothers; Social Development; Social Cognition; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Models; Psychometrics; Toddlers; Social Behavior; Child Development; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Mother; Mutter; Soziale Entwicklung; Soziale Kognition; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Prädiktor
Abstract	Social skills and symbol skills are positively associated in middle childhood, but the relation between these domains is less clear in newly verbal toddlers. Vygotsky proposed that symbols are both tools for interaction and mental tools for thought. Do symbols help even very young children build skills for interacting with and conceptualizing the social world? Longitudinal data from 108 children and mothers were collected when children were 14, 24, and 36 months. Children's gestures and words during mother-child interactions were used as symbol skill indicators to predict children's abilities to engage others and the number of social-emotional concepts children portray during play. In a series of growth models, words had a stronger effect on engagement skills whereas early gesture use predicted later development of social-emotional concepts. Therefore, even in early development, symbols serve as both communication tools and mental tools to construct understanding of the social-emotional world. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10