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The Effects of Private Speech on Emotional Regulation in Three- and Five-Year-Old Children

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김민경,이순형
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pp. 47~65 / 2015 Vol.22 No.4
e-ISSN2982-6845
p-ISSN1226-4474
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between children's private speech andemotional regulation. The subjects were 21 three-year-old children and 20 five-year-old children inSeoul and Kyung-gi areas. They were assigned to two different conditions (encouraging anddiscouraging private speech) and asked to perform a disappointing situation task. The children werevideotaped individually during each task. There was a significant difference on the emotionalregulation according to age and the encouragement or discouragement of private speech. Five-year-oldchildren showed more positive emotional expression especially in the encouraging private speechcondition. Although there was no correlation between the frequency of private speech and emotionalregulation, there was a positive relationship between external manifestations of inner speech andpositive emotional expression. The results supported Vygotsky’s perspective that regarded privatespeech as an intermediate stage in the transition from external social communication to internalself-direction. Moreover, the results indicated that private speech could be an instrument not only forthe purpose of guiding cognitive performance but also for regulating one’s emotions. This informationcan be used to develop interventions aimed at encouraging children’s private speech as a strategy ofself-regulation.

Keywords

혼잣말 자기조절 정서조절 private speech self regulation emotional regulation

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