"Speak Up!" An Examination of the Language Abilities of Children Displaying Various Forms of Social Withdrawal and Aggression Brandon Neil Clifford School of Family Life, BYU Master of Science Language serves as a mechanism through which children are able to interact and communicate with their others. Thus, when children do not produce language at a typical pace, there may be cause for concern. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine the language abilities of children displaying various forms of social withdrawal and children engaging in subtypes of aggression. Participants came from the Brigham Young University Child Laboratory (N = 141; Mage = 4.57; 53% female) and were observed and teachers and parents completed reports on children’s behaviors and demographics. Results revealed reticent and solitary-passive children to produce less language compared to their non-withdrawn peers and comorbid aggressive children to produce more language compared to their non-aggressive, physically aggressive and relationally aggressive peers. I then discuss contextual and conceptual factors that may play a role in understanding the relation between language production, social withdrawal and aggression.

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“说出来！” 表现出各种形式的社交退缩和攻击的儿童的语言能力检查

“说出来！” BYU科学语言硕士通过对表现出各种形式的社交退缩和侵略行为的儿童的语言能力进行检查，BYU科学语言硕士是一种使儿童能够与他人互动和交流的机制。因此，当儿童不能以通常的速度说话时，可能会引起担忧。当前研究的主要目的是研究表现出各种形式的社交退缩的儿童和参与攻击性亚型的儿童的语言能力。参加者来自杨百翰大学儿童实验室（N = 141；法师= 4.57；女性53％），并进行了观察，老师和父母还完成了有关儿童行为和人口统计的报告。结果显示，与未退缩的同龄人相比，沉默寡言和孤独的孩子产生较少的语言，与非进取，肢体进取和有关系侵略的同龄人相比，共病的好斗的儿童产生更多的语言。然后，我将讨论可能在理解语言产生，社交退缩和侵略之间的关系中起作用的上下文和概念因素。