Children's oral communicative competence is significantly related to their sociometric status in childhood¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across 25 reviewed studies of children aged 1–12, main outcomes pointed toward a significant relation between oral communicative competence and sociometric status. → Femke van der Wilt 2019 q2 i2 A meta-analysis of 42 studies found a positive relation between language competence and social preference with a mean effect size of r = .25. → Femke van der Wilt 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Femke van der Wilt 2019¶

Femke van der Wilt, Chiel van der Veen, Claudia van Kruistum, Bert van Oers (2019). Why Do Children Become Rejected by Their Peers? A Review of Studies into the Relationship Between Oral Communicative Competence and Sociometric Status in Childhood. Educational Psychology Review (2019) 31:699–724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09479-z

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative review of 25 peer-reviewed studies (overall sample N = 2637 children aged 1–12) identified via ERIC, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. The review reports that outcomes "pointed toward a significant relation" between the two variables across different operationalizations.

"Overall, the main outcomes of the studies that were included in the current narrative review pointed toward a significant relation between (the different operationalizations of) oral communicative competence and children 's sociometric status."

Femke van der Wilt 2019 (2)¶

Femke van der Wilt, Chiel van der Veen, Claudia van Kruistum, Bert van Oers (2019). Why Do Children Become Rejected by Their Peers? A Review of Studies into the Relationship Between Oral Communicative Competence and Sociometric Status in Childhood. Educational Psychology Review (2019) 31:699–724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09479-z

q2 · i2 · review · r2

The review attributes this meta-analytic result to Troesch et al. (2016): 42 studies yielded a positive relation between language competence and social preference with a printed mean effect size of r = .25, described as "a medium effect according to (Cohen 1988)". Reported second-hand; the review notes many included studies focused only on receptive language skills.

"Results of 42 studies indicated a positive relation between the two variables with a mean effect size ofr =. 2 5 (a medium effect according to (Cohen 1988))."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The relation between oral communicative competence and sociometric status is expected to be interactional and transactional rather than unidirectional — a broader claim this one bears on
• Oral communicative competence relates to peer acceptance only for boys and not to peer rejection, indicating gender as a moderator — related
• Children with poorer oral communicative competence experience higher levels of peer rejection after controlling for gender, age, and SES — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Rejected and neglected children show lower oral communicative competence than average children, while popular and controversial children do not differ from average — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Rejected and disliked children communicate less responsively and less coherently than popular or liked peers — a narrower finding that bears on this claim