The relationships among compounding morphological awareness, word structure awareness and vocabulary knowledge in Chinese primary school children in middle and upper grades: A cross-lagged model

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2024.01488

Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (11): 1488-1498.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2024.01488

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The relationships among compounding morphological awareness, word structure awareness and vocabulary knowledge in Chinese primary school children in middle and upper grades: A cross-lagged model

GUO Cun¹, XIE Ruibo¹(), YU Yanling¹, XIA Yue¹, WANG Zhenliang¹, WU Xinchun²^,³()

¹School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
²Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Research Institute of Children’s Reading and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
³Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China

Published:2024-11-25 Online:2024-09-05
Contact: XIE Ruibo,WU Xinchun E-mail:xrb4526@zjnu.edu.cn;xcwu@bnu.edu.cn

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GUO Cun, XIE Ruibo, YU Yanling, XIA Yue, WANG Zhenliang, WU Xinchun. (2024). The relationships among compounding morphological awareness, word structure awareness and vocabulary knowledge in Chinese primary school children in middle and upper grades: A cross-lagged model. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 56(11), 1488-1498.

Variables	T1 (M ± SD)	T2 (M ± SD)	T3 (M ± SD)	F	η2
Compounding morphological awareness	25.01 ± 11.90	30.08 ± 9.20	35.73 ± 9.51	161.20^***	0.37
Word structure awareness	13.61 ± 3.70	14.72 ± 4.06	17.01 ± 5.04	90.40^***	0.25
Vocabulary knowledge	18.36 ± 7.01	23.31 ± 7.22	29.21 ± 7.22	453.78^***	0.62
Non-verbal IQ	34.37 ± 10.33
Phonological awareness	9.23 ± 2.41

Variables	T1 (M ± SD)	T2 (M ± SD)	T3 (M ± SD)	F	η2
Compounding morphological awareness	25.01 ± 11.90	30.08 ± 9.20	35.73 ± 9.51	161.20^***	0.37
Word structure awareness	13.61 ± 3.70	14.72 ± 4.06	17.01 ± 5.04	90.40^***	0.25
Vocabulary knowledge	18.36 ± 7.01	23.31 ± 7.22	29.21 ± 7.22	453.78^***	0.62
Non-verbal IQ	34.37 ± 10.33
Phonological awareness	9.23 ± 2.41

variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Compounding morphological awareness T1	1
2. Compounding morphological awareness T2	0.58^***	1
3. Compounding morphological awareness T3	0.47^***	0.59^***	1
4. Word structure awareness T1	0.24^***	0.20^***	0.32^***	1
5. Word structure awareness T2	0.32^***	0.35^***	0.45^***	0.49^***	1
6. Word structure awareness T3	0.38^***	0.41^***	0.50^***	0.40^***	0.62^***	1
7. Vocabulary knowledge T1	0.54^***	0.49^***	0.53^***	0.26^***	0.38^***	0.35^***	1
8. Vocabulary knowledge T2	0.48^***	0.59^***	0.53^***	0.30^***	0.43^***	0.42^***	0.62^***	1
9. Vocabulary knowledge T3	0.47^***	0.54^***	0.55^***	0.29^***	0.41^***	0.40^***	0.63^***	0.71^***	1
10. Non-verbal IQ T1	0.06	0.19^***	0.25^***	0.24^***	0.33^***	0.23^***	0.14^*	0.24^***	0.21^**	1
11. Phonological awareness T1	0.15^**	0.21^***	0.32^***	0.11	0.15^*	0.17^***	0.28^***	0.28^***	0.26^***	0.11	1
12. Age T1	0.07	0.13^*	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.07	0.04	0.07	0.05	1

variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Compounding morphological awareness T1	1
2. Compounding morphological awareness T2	0.58^***	1
3. Compounding morphological awareness T3	0.47^***	0.59^***	1
4. Word structure awareness T1	0.24^***	0.20^***	0.32^***	1
5. Word structure awareness T2	0.32^***	0.35^***	0.45^***	0.49^***	1
6. Word structure awareness T3	0.38^***	0.41^***	0.50^***	0.40^***	0.62^***	1
7. Vocabulary knowledge T1	0.54^***	0.49^***	0.53^***	0.26^***	0.38^***	0.35^***	1
8. Vocabulary knowledge T2	0.48^***	0.59^***	0.53^***	0.30^***	0.43^***	0.42^***	0.62^***	1
9. Vocabulary knowledge T3	0.47^***	0.54^***	0.55^***	0.29^***	0.41^***	0.40^***	0.63^***	0.71^***	1
10. Non-verbal IQ T1	0.06	0.19^***	0.25^***	0.24^***	0.33^***	0.23^***	0.14^*	0.24^***	0.21^**	1
11. Phonological awareness T1	0.15^**	0.21^***	0.32^***	0.11	0.15^*	0.17^***	0.28^***	0.28^***	0.26^***	0.11	1
12. Age T1	0.07	0.13^*	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.07	0.04	0.07	0.05	1

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