Köckeritz Martha, Klinkhammer Julie, von Salisch Maria
Institut für Psychologie, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2010;59(7):529-44. doi: 10.13109/prkk.2010.59.7.529.
The present study explores whether kindergarten children with and without immigrant parents in Germany differ in respect to their emotion understanding (TEC) and their behavioral self-regulation (HTKS). 356 three-to-six-year-olds with germanborn parents were contrasted with 155 children with at least one parent who was born abroad. In addition, influences of children's age, gender, and their receptive understanding of the German language were included in the analyses. There were strong effects for migration background and no main effects for gender. When children's language abilities were included in the analyses, the significant influence of having at least one immigrant parent on emotion understanding and behavioral self regulation disappeared. Moreover: receptive language skills that are related to parents' migration status exerted themselves a significant influence. Children with at least one non-german parent were on average less proficient in their receptive language abilities, their emotion understanding, and their behavioral self-regulation than children of two germanborn parents. The function of language for the acquisition of emotion understanding and self regulation is discussed.
本研究探讨了德国有移民父母和没有移民父母的幼儿园儿童在情感理解（TEC）和行为自我调节（HTKS）方面是否存在差异。将356名父母为德国本土出生的三至六岁儿童与155名至少有一位父母出生在国外的儿童进行了对比。此外，分析中还纳入了儿童年龄、性别以及他们对德语的接受性理解的影响。结果显示，移民背景有显著影响，而性别没有主效应。当将儿童的语言能力纳入分析时，至少有一位移民父母对情感理解和行为自我调节的显著影响消失了。此外，与父母移民身份相关的接受性语言技能发挥了显著影响。与父母均为德国本土出生的儿童相比，至少有一位非德国父母的儿童在接受性语言能力、情感理解和行为自我调节方面平均水平较低。本文还讨论了语言在情感理解和自我调节习得中的作用。
