Emotionale Hinweise richtig deuten: Schwierigkeiten der sozial-pragmatischen Kommunikation bei Kindern

Zusammenfassung

Um Gesagtes richtig verstehen zu können, müssen neben dem verbalen bzw. Sachinhalt dieser Botschaft auch nicht-verbale Signale (z. B. Gesichtsausdruck des Sprechers) und die Situation richtig interpretiert werden. Manche Kinder mit Sprachentwicklungsverzögerungen haben Schwierigkeiten, solche nicht-linguistischen und situativen Hinweise richtig zu verstehen. Deshalb sollten Sprachtherapeuten auch solche Schwierigkeiten im Rahmen einer Therapie gezielt angehen. Hier wird eine Übersicht über die Fähigkeit von Kindern, nicht-verbale Informationen bzw. Emotionen, ausgedrückt durch Gestus und situativem Kontext, richtig verstehen zu können. Zunächst wird ein Abriss über die normale Entwicklung der Emotionsdeutung gegeben. Dann folgt ein kurzer Überblick über Studien, in denen diese Fähigkeit bei Patienten mit Sprachentwicklungsverzögerungen überprüft wurde. Schließlich werden Vorschläge für Diagnostik und Therapie unterbreitet.

Abstract

Speech-language pathologists frequently address social communication difficulties in children with diverse linguistic profiles. Of consequence to effective management of social communication skills is that some children with language disorders may also have difficulty understanding emotional cues. The ability to recognize and comprehend the emotional meaning of messages is accomplished through integration of linguistic cues (e. g., what the speaker says), nonlinguistic cues (e. g., the speaker^’s facial expressions), and situational cues e. g., predicting how the speaker is likely to feel about the particular topic). This article explores children^’s comprehension of emotion as expressed through facial expressions and situational cues. First, development of emotion comprehension in children with normal development is summarized. This is followed by a brief review of studies investigating emotion comprehension in clinical populations. Suggestions for assessment and intervention of children^’s emotion comprehension skills are presented.

Schlüsselwörter

Verstehen von Emotionen - Erkennen von Gesichtsausdrücken - soziale Kommunikation

Key words

Emotion comprehension - facial expression recognition - social communication - social cognition

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