Guarnera Maria, Faraci Palmira, Commodari Elena, Buccheri Stefania Lucia
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Enna "KORE," Enna, Italy.
Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Psychol Rep. 2017 Dec;120(6):1058-1077. doi: 10.1177/0033294117717262. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between the skills that constitute school readiness, such as linguistic, phonological, logical-mathematical and psychomotor skills, and mental imagery processes in preschool children. The participants were 100 healthy children (50 boys and 50 girls) aged four to five. Two batteries of tests were used to assess school readiness and different aspects of the mental imagery processes. The mental imagery battery measured , , and . The results showed a relationship between the generation and inspection processes and the level of skills that constitute school readiness. These findings emphasize the potential usefulness of screening all preschoolers and kindergarteners for imagery ability, with the aim of adopting effective measures to increase their mental imagery abilities.
本研究的目的是调查构成入学准备的技能（如语言、语音、逻辑数学和心理运动技能）与学龄前儿童心理意象过程之间的关系。参与者为100名4至5岁的健康儿童（50名男孩和50名女孩）。使用两组测试来评估入学准备情况和心理意象过程的不同方面。心理意象测试组测量了 ， ，以及 。结果表明，心理意象生成和检查过程与构成入学准备的技能水平之间存在关联。这些发现强调了对所有学龄前儿童和幼儿园儿童进行意象能力筛查的潜在用途，目的是采取有效措施提高他们的心理意象能力。
