Communication Styles and Attention Performance in Primary School Children
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Method
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Concluding Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Communication Style Attention Tests | Mean | Median | Mode | SD | n |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assertive | 16.63 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 6.06 | 77 |
Passive | 3.20 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.59 | 77 |
Aggressive | 1.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.47 | 77 |
HIT SDMT | 38.68 | 39.00 | 35.00 | 12.37 | 77 |
SDMT-ERRORS | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.48 | 77 |
D2-TR | 262.48 | 251.00 | 211.00 | 103.95 | 77 |
D2-TA | 80.90 | 78.00 | 66.00 | 31 | 77 |
D2-C | 11.63 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 21.05 | 77 |
D2-OR | 30.46 | 13.00 | 2.00 | 44.17 | 77 |
D2-TOT | 219.01 | 210.00 | 206.00 | 76.01 | 77 |
D2-CON | 66.58 | 68.00 | 62.00 | 43.66 | 77 |
Communication Style | Sex (n) | Mean Rank | z | sig |
---|---|---|---|---|
Assertive | Girls (40) | 17.72 | −2.04 | 0.041 |
Boys (37) | 15.45 | |||
Passive | Girls (40) | 2.27 | −3.21 | <0.001 |
Boys (37) | 4.21 | |||
Aggressive | Girls (40) | 0.92 | −1.43 | 0.153 |
Boys (37) | 1.89 |
Communication Style | Course (n) | Mean Rank | z | sig |
---|---|---|---|---|
Assertive | 3° (40) 6° (37) | 27.44 51.5 | −4.73 | <0.001 |
Passive | 3° (40) 6° (37) | 38.86 39.15 | −0.05 | 0.95 |
Aggressive | 3° (40) 6° (37) | 45.8 31.65 | −3.11 | 0.002 |
Assertive | Passive | Aggressive | HIT SDMT | MISTAKES SDMT | D2-TR | D2-TA | D2-C | D2-OR | D2-TOT | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assertive | 1 | |||||||||
Passive | −0.393 ** | 1 | ||||||||
Aggressive | −0.528 ** | −0.018 | 1 | |||||||
HIT SDMT | 0.234 * | 0.015 | −0.227 * | 1 | ||||||
MISTAKES SDMT | −0.074 | 0.029 | 0.246 * | −0.225 * | 1 | |||||
D2-TR | 0.192 | 0.222 | −0.171 | 0.353 ** | −0.139 | 1 | ||||
D2-TA | 0.067 | 0.043 | 0.114 | 0.393 ** | −0.087 | 0.412 ** | 1 | |||
D2-C | −0.197 | 0.191 | 0.197 | −0.252 * | 0.043 | −0.009 | −0.208 | 1 | ||
D2-OR | 0.1 | 0.089 | −0.123 | −0.06 | 0.109 | 0.453 ** | −0.369 ** | 0.247 * | 1 | |
D2-TOT | 0.230 * | 0.114 | −0.131 | 0.445 ** | −0.134 | 0.887 ** | 0.605 ** | −0.250 * | 0.231 * | 1 |
D2-CON | 0.182 | −0.029 | −0.026 | 0.492 ** | −0.157 | 0.306 ** | 0.844 ** | −0.449 ** | −0.460 ** | 0.583 ** |
Attention Tests | Sex (n) | Mean Rank | z | sig |
---|---|---|---|---|
HIT SDMT | Girls (40) | 40.18 | −0.48 | 0.63 |
Boys (37) | 37.73 | |||
MISTAKES SDMT | Girls (40) | 36.28 | −1.32 | 0.18 |
Boys (37) | 41.95 | |||
D2-TR | Girls (40) | 39.14 | −0.05 | 0.95 |
Boys (37) | 38.85 | |||
D2-TA | Girls (40) | 34.35 | −1.89 | 0.05 |
Boys (37) | 44.03 | |||
D2-C | Girls (40) | 37.76 | −0.50 | 0.61 |
Boys (37) | 40.34 | |||
D2-OR | Girls (40) | 42.75 | −1.53 | 0.12 |
Boys (37) | 34.95 | |||
D2-TOT | Girls (40) | 38.59 | −0.16 | 0.86 |
Boys (37) | 39.45 | |||
D2-CON | Girls (40) | 36.80 | −0.89 | 0.37 |
Boys (37) | 41.38 |
Attention Tests | Course (n) | Mean Rank | z | sig |
---|---|---|---|---|
HIT SDMT | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 29.15 49.65 | −4.02 | <0.001 |
MISTAKES SDMT | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 39.25 38.73 | −0.12 | 0.903 |
D2-TR | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 28.24 50.64 | −4.39 | <0.001 |
D2-TA | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 36.98 41.19 | −8.26 | 0.409 |
D2-C | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 44.56 32.99 | −2.28 | 0.022 |
D2-OR | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 33.26 45.2 | −2.34 | 0.019 |
D2-TOT | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 27.85 51.05 | −4.54 | <0.001 |
D2-CON | 3 (40) 6 (37) | 32.96 45.53 | −2.46 | 0.014 |
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de la Torre, G.G.; Ramallo, M.A.; Gonzalez-Torre, S.; Mora Prat, A.; Rueda-Marroquin, A.; Sallago-Marcos, A.; Toro-Barrios, Z.; Garcia, M.A. Communication Styles and Attention Performance in Primary School Children. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120172
de la Torre GG, Ramallo MA, Gonzalez-Torre S, Mora Prat A, Rueda-Marroquin A, Sallago-Marcos A, Toro-Barrios Z, Garcia MA. Communication Styles and Attention Performance in Primary School Children. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11(12):172. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120172
Chicago/Turabian Stylede la Torre, Gabriel G., Miguel A. Ramallo, Sara Gonzalez-Torre, Alvaro Mora Prat, Andrea Rueda-Marroquin, Amanda Sallago-Marcos, Zoraida Toro-Barrios, and Manuel A. Garcia. 2021. "Communication Styles and Attention Performance in Primary School Children" Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 12: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120172
APA Stylede la Torre, G. G., Ramallo, M. A., Gonzalez-Torre, S., Mora Prat, A., Rueda-Marroquin, A., Sallago-Marcos, A., Toro-Barrios, Z., & Garcia, M. A. (2021). Communication Styles and Attention Performance in Primary School Children. Behavioral Sciences, 11(12), 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120172