The Association of Children's Nonverbal Decoding Abilities With Their Popularity, Locus of Control, and Academic Achievement
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 153 (4) , 385-393
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1992.10753734
Abstract
The present study examined the relation between children's abilities to decode the emotional meanings in facial expressions and tones of voice, and their popularity, locus of control or reinforcement orientation, and academic achievement. Four hundred fifty-six elementary school children were given tests that measured their abilities to decode emotions in facial expressions and tones of voice. Children who were better at decoding nonverbal emotional information in faces and tones of voice were more popular, more likely to be internally controlled, and more likely to have higher academic achievement scores. The results were interpreted as supporting the importance of nonverbal communication in the academic as well as the social realms.Keywords
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