TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Communication styles and attention performance in primary school children
JO  - Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
A1  - de la Torre, Gabriel G.
A1  - Ramallo, Miguel A.
A1  - Gonzalez-Torre, Sara
A1  - Mora Prat, Alvaro
A1  - Rueda-Marroquin, Andrea
A1  - Sallago-Marcos, Amanda
A1  - Toro-Barrios, Zoraida
A1  - Garcia, Manuel A.
SP  - e172
EP  - e172
VL  - 11
IS  - 12
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2076-328X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11120172
ID  - ref1
ER  -