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Emotion Regulation and Pragmatic Language Skills in Developmental Language Disorder and Typical Development

Dil Bozukluğu Olan ve Olmayan Çocukların Duygu-Durum Eşleme ve Pragmatik Dil Performansları

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2026-03-01
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Findings: It was found that children diagnosed with TLD had lower performance in emotion regulation (p = .000) and pragmatic language skills (p = .000) compared to children with TLD.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the learning, expression and comprehension of language.
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Key Findings & Data:This study aims to evaluate the emotion regulation and pragmatic language skills of 60- to 72-month-old children with DLD those with Typical Language Development (TLD), and to examine the relationship between these two skills.
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Conclusion & Impact:Findings: It was found that children diagnosed with TLD had lower performance in emotion regulation (p = .000) and pragmatic language skills (p = .000) compared to children with TLD.
🔬Design:Araştırma Makalesi
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⚙️Variables:Gelişimsel dil bozukluğu · okul öncesi · duygu düzenleme

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Introduction: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the learning, expression and comprehension of language. Children diagnosed with DLD may experience difficulties in peer relationships, display behavioral problems, or encounter challenges in social-emotional development due to inadequacies in their pragmatic language skills. This study aims to evaluate the emotion regulation and pragmatic language skills of 60- to 72-month-old children with DLD those with Typical Language Development (TLD), and to examine the relationship between these two skills. Method: Seventeen (1 girl; 16 boys) children diagnosed with DLD and 26 (15 girls, 11 boys) children with TLD aged 60-72 months were included in the study. Data were collected face-to-face using the “Participant Information Form”, “Preschool Emotion Regulation Scale (PERS)” and “Pragmatic Language Skills Inventory Turkish Version (PDBE-TV)”. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 27.0 for Windows. Findings: It was found that children diagnosed with TLD had lower performance in emotion regulation (p = .000) and pragmatic language skills (p = .000) compared to children with TLD. No significant correlation was found between emotion regulation and pragmatic language skills in the group diagnosed with DLD (r = -.083, p = .753) or in the group with TLD (r = .081, p = .694). Discussion: No significant relationship was found between emotion regulation and pragmatic language skills in children with DLD and TLD. Although this result is consistent with some previous studies, the absence of a direct link between language skills and emotion regulation may be due to various factors. These may include unmeasured mediating variables, limitations in the sensitivity of the assessment tools, or the sample size and demographic characteristics. Conclusion and Recommendations: Children with DLD performed significantly lower than their TLD peers in both emotion regulation and pragmatic language skills. However, no significant relationship was found between these two skills in either group. This finding suggests that various cognitive, social, and environmental factors may contribute to the development of emotion regulation and pragmatic abilities. Future studies should consider potential mediating variables such as executive functions, social environmental influences, and parental attitudes to better understand possible indirect associations between these domains. Furthermore, the development of individualized and multicomponent intervention programs for children with DLD may provide a comprehensive approach to support both their language and emotional-behavioral development.

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Giriş: Gelişimsel dil bozukluğu (GDB) dilin öğrenilmesini, ifade edilmesini ve anlaşılmasını etkileyen nörogelişimsel bir bozukluktur. GDB tanılı çocukların pragmatik dil becerilerindeki yetersizlikleri onların akran ilişkilerinde zorlanmalarına, davranışsal problemler sergilemelerine veya sosyal-duygusal gelişim alanında yetersizliklerle karşılaşmalarına sebep olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada 60-72 aylık GDB tanılı ve tipik dil gelişimi (TDG) çocukların duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik dil becerilerini değerlendirmek ve bu iki beceri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışmaya 60-72 aylık GDB tanılı 17 (1 kız, 16 erkek) ve TDG gösteren 26 (15 kız, 11 erkek) çocuk dahil edilmiştir. Veriler “Katılımcı Bilgi Formu”, “Okul Öncesi Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği (OÖDDÖ)” ve “Pragmatik Dil Becerileri Envanteri Türkçe Versiyonu (PDBE-TV)” kullanılarak yüz yüze toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler IBM SPSS 27.0 Windows paket programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: GDB tanılı çocukların TDG gösteren çocuklara kıyasla duygu düzenleme (p = .000) ve pragmatik dil becerilerindeki (p = .000) performanslarının daha düşük olduğu bulunmuştur. GDB tanılı grubun duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik dil becerileri arasında (r = -.083; p = .753) ve TDG gösteren grubun duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik dil becerileri arasında (r = .081; p = .694) anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmamıştır. Tartışma: GDB tanılı ve TDG gösteren çocuklar arasında duygu düzenleme ile pragmatik dil becerileri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmamıştır. Bu bulgu bazı literatür çalışmalarıyla örtüşse de önceki araştırmalardan farklı olarak dil becerileri ile duygu düzenleme arasında doğrudan bir ilişkinin saptanamamış olması çeşitli etkenlere bağlı olabilir. Bu etkenler arasında araştırmada kontrol edilmeyen aracı değişkenler, kullanılan ölçüm araçlarının duyarlılığı veya sınırlılıkları ile örneklemin büyüklüğü ya da demografik özellikleri yer almaktadır. Sonuç ve Öneriler: GDB tanılı çocukların duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik dil becerilerindeki performansları TDG gösteren çocuklara göre anlamlı derecede daha düşüktür. Ancak her iki grupta da duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik dil becerileri arasında anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanmamıştır. Bu durum duygu düzenleme ve pragmatik becerilerin gelişiminde farklı bilişsel, sosyal ve çevresel etkenlerin rol oynayabileceğine işaret etmektedir. Gelecek araştırmalarda bu iki beceri arasındaki olası dolaylı ilişkileri ortaya koyabilmek için yürütücü işlevler, sosyal çevre faktörleri ve ebeveyn tutumları gibi aracı değişkenlerin de dikkate alınması önerilmektedir. Ayrıca GDB tanılı çocuklara yönelik bireyselleştirilmiş ve çok bileşenli müdahale programlarının geliştirilmesi hem dil hem de duygusal-davranışsal gelişimlerini destekleyici bir yaklaşım sunabilir.

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Yılmaz, H., Oğuz, Ö. (2026). Emotion Regulation and Pragmatic Language Skills in Developmental Language Disorder and Typical Development. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi, Cilt: 27 Sayı: 1, 41–51. https://doi.org/10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.1533494

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