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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1026/2191-9186/a000254

Zusammenfassung. Anhand längsschnittlicher Daten (N = 551) werden in diesem Beitrag die Entwicklungszusammenhänge zwischen sprachlichen und sozial-emotionalen Kompetenzen vom Eintritt in eine Kindertageseinrichtung (KiTa) bis zum Ende der ersten Klasse untersucht. Im Fokus steht die Frage nach der Wirkrichtung des Entwicklungszusammenhangs zwischen sprachlichen Kompetenzen und drei Bereichen sozial-emotionaler Kompetenzen, dem kooperativen Umgang mit Anderen, dem aggressiven Verhalten und der emotionalen Selbstregulation. Es zeigt sich, dass die Sprachkompetenz im Alter von drei Jahren nicht nur prädiktiv für alle drei Aspekte späterer sozial-emotionaler Kompetenzen ist, sondern darüber hinaus auch Entwicklungsveränderungen in diesen vorhersagt. Umgekehrt finden sich zwar auch Zusammenhänge zwischen dem frühen kooperativen und aggressiven Verhalten und der späteren Sprachkompetenz, jedoch sagen diese Aspekte des Sozialverhaltens keine Veränderungen in der Sprachkompetenz vorher. Erklärungsansätze und praktische Implikationen werden diskutiert.


Interrelation Between Language and Socioemotional Development From Age Three to Seven: A Longitudinal Study

Abstract. Based on longitudinal data (N = 551), the current study investigates the interplay between the development of language and socioemotional skills from entry into preschool to the end of first grade. We focus on the direction of effect between language competencies and three different aspects of socioemotional skills – cooperation, aggressive behavior, and emotional self-regulation. Results show that language competencies at the age of 3 years are related to later socioemotional competencies. In addition, early language predicts changes in socioemotional competencies. Although there is a relationship between early cooperative and aggressive behavior and later language competencies, these social skills do not predict changes in language competencies. Explanations and practical implications are discussed.

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