Cooley Eileen L, Triemer David M
Department of Psychology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030, USA.
J Soc Psychol. 2002 Dec;142(6):741-51. doi: 10.1080/00224540209603933.
Nonverbal decoding skills are important for successful social functioning, particularly for emotionally disturbed children. Boys with severe emotional disturbance (n = 25) and a control group of boys (n = 22) were compared regarding the relationship between ratings of classroom social behaviors and nonverbal decoding skills. Participants were predominantly African American. The Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy (Nowicki, 2001; Nowicki & Duke, 1994) was administered individually to the boys while teachers completed ratings of their social behavior in the classroom. The 2 groups of boys did not differ in nonverbal skills. However, aggressive classroom behaviors were associated with specific nonverbal skills only for the boys with severe emotional disturbance. These findings suggest that nonverbal abilities may have a greater impact on the social behavior of emotionally disturbed boys. Future research is needed to better understand the social difficulties of boys with severe emotional disturbance.
非语言解码技能对于成功的社交功能很重要，尤其是对于情绪失调的儿童。研究比较了患有严重情绪障碍的男孩（n = 25）和对照组男孩（n = 22）在课堂社交行为评分与非语言解码技能之间的关系。参与者主要是非洲裔美国人。对男孩们单独进行了非语言准确性诊断分析（诺维基，2001；诺维基和杜克，1994），同时教师完成了对他们在课堂上社交行为的评分。两组男孩在非语言技能方面没有差异。然而，只有患有严重情绪障碍的男孩，其课堂攻击性行为才与特定的非语言技能相关。这些发现表明，非语言能力可能对情绪失调男孩的社交行为有更大影响。未来需要进行更多研究，以更好地理解患有严重情绪障碍男孩的社交困难。
