Abstract

SALSA, Analía M.  and  GARIBOLDI, María Belén. Symbolic Experience and Young Children's Comprehension of Drawings in Different Socioeconomic Contexts. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2018, vol.36, n.1, pp.29-43. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.4332.

The purpose of this research was to explore the relationships between children's early comprehension of drawings in two socioeconomic groups (middle- and Iow-SES) and the experiences with symbols at home. Twenty-eight children between 30 and 38 months of age solved a matching task in which they had to relate five objects with their black-and-white line drawings; their mothers completed a questionnaire regarding the quantity and variety of pictures at home and the shared activities between adults and children with these symbols. The results show that only middle-SES children were able to understand the drawing-referent relation; symbolic performance was mainly associated with the presence of resources with children's images at home (DVD and children's books) and with adult-child interactions with these resources, such as joint experiences with audio-visual images, storytelling and maternal assistance when children draw.

Keywords : Drawings; comprehension; symbolic experience; socioeconomic level.

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