Abstract
Communication styles are the three communication patterns that result from merging the verbal elements of communication, the non-verbal elements and the paraverbal elements. The objective of this study was to test what effect different communication styles have on attention performance in primary school children. We administered the assertive behavior scale for children (CABS), the symbol digit modalities test (SDMT) and the d2 attention test to a sample of 77 participants of primary school. A statistically significant and proportional correlation was found between the assertive communication style and the total number of correct answers of the SDMT. We also found positive correlations between the assertive communication style and d2 attention test performance. Children with an assertive communication style have better attention performance than children with passive or aggressive communication styles.
Highlights
We carried out a descriptive analysis of the different communication style scores as well as the results obtained in the attention tests (Table 1)
We highlight how the assertive communication style predominated in our study (M = 16.63; SD = 6.06)
We found differences in the assertive style (Z = −2.04, p < 0.05), the passive style (Z = −3.21, p < 0.05) and sex, with girls showing higher scores in assertive communication style than boys; girls showed less frequent passive communication styles
Summary
Especially during puberty, some skills are acquired, such as social skills, emotional control and self-control of behavior that allow us to participate in everyday activities. Among these skills, we can include the empathy and communication styles [6]. Accepted children show a more positive orientation to others and a strong sensitivity for the anguish of others [7], and prosocial children have a greater empathic knowledge than stalkers or those who are victims of the latter [8]. Another line of research has shown that empathic children and adolescents have greater emotional stability
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