Zhan Shuwei, Guo Jinna
School of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Shantou Teacher Development Center, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 4;14:1212426. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1212426. eCollection 2023.
Executive function (EF) and receptive language ability play an important role in the relationship between household chaos and social withdrawal. Young children are neglected in household chaos research and suffer from the negative outcomes of households in China. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between household chaos and social withdrawal in young Chinese children and the chain mediating effect of EF and receptive language ability. This study included 922 preschool-age children (62.58 ± 8.03 months) and their primary caregivers and their teachers were recruited from 21 rural preschools in Guangdong Province in China. Our results show a positive direct effect of household chaos and social withdrawal. Furthermore, an indirect sequential effect of household chaos and social withdrawal on EF and receptive language ability was found. Our findings (a) highlight the significance of paying more attention to household chaos and revealing a better understanding of the effect of EF and receptive language ability on households at an early age and (b) indicate that interventions should be provided to improve the home environment when children are young.
执行功能（EF）和接受性语言能力在家庭混乱与社交退缩之间的关系中起着重要作用。在中国，幼儿在家庭混乱研究中被忽视，且受到家庭负面状况的影响。然而，很少有研究关注中国幼儿家庭混乱与社交退缩之间的关系以及执行功能和接受性语言能力的链式中介作用。本研究纳入了922名学龄前儿童（62.58±8.03个月），他们的主要照顾者以及他们的教师来自中国广东省的21所农村幼儿园。我们的研究结果显示家庭混乱与社交退缩之间存在正向直接效应。此外，还发现了家庭混乱与社交退缩对执行功能和接受性语言能力的间接顺序效应。我们的研究结果（a）凸显了更加关注家庭混乱以及更好地理解执行功能和接受性语言能力在幼儿期对家庭影响的重要性，（b）表明在儿童年幼时应提供干预措施以改善家庭环境。
