FAMILY-PEER CONNECTIONS - THE ROLES OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVENESS WITHIN THE FAMILY AND CHILDRENS UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
FAMILY-PEER CONNECTIONS - THE ROLES OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVENESS WITHIN THE FAMILY AND CHILDRENS UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
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DOI：
10.2307/1131349
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发表时间：
1992-06-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
BRAUNGART, JM
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作者：
CASSIDY, J;PARKE, RD;BRAUNGART, JM
本研究的目的是探索家庭背景下父母和孩子的情绪表达模式，考察这些模式与儿童同伴关系之间的联系，并考察这些联系是否可能通过儿童对情绪的理解来调节。研究对象为61名幼儿园和一年级的中级白人儿童及其家长。父母和孩子的表现力在实验室的掷圆环游戏中进行了评估，该游戏旨在引发一系列情绪反应。采用Halberstadt的家庭表现力问卷对父母在家中的表现力进行评估。这份调查问卷由父母共同完成，评估了许多家庭典型的各种环境中的一系列情绪，包括利用积极和消极表达的项目。孩子们接受了采访，了解他们对广泛领域的情绪的理解。结果表明，母亲的表现力(家庭)和父亲的表现力(家庭和实验室)与儿童的同伴关系相关，而与父母的表现力无关。尽管儿童对情绪的理解通常与家庭表达能力无关，但理解可以预测儿童的同伴关系。此外，儿童的理解影响了母亲在家庭和同伴关系中的表达，以及父亲在实验室中的表达和同伴关系之间的联系。这一结果模式强调了家庭的情感氛围对于发展儿童与同龄人的社会关系的重要性。
The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of parent and child emotional expressiveness within the family context, to examine links between these patterns and children's peer relations, and to examine whether these links might be mediated by children's understanding of emotions. Subjects were 61 kindergarten and first-grade white, middle-class children and their parents. Parent and child expressiveness were assessed in a laboratory ring-toss game designed to elicit a range of emotional responses. Parent expressiveness in the home was also assessed with Halberstadt's Family Expressiveness Questionnaire. The questionnaire, completed by both mother and father, assesses a range of emotions in a variety of settings typical of many families, and consists of items tapping both positive and negative expressiveness. Children were interviewed about their understanding of emotions across a broad range of areas. Results indicated that maternal expressiveness (home) and paternal expressiveness (home and laboratory) but not children's expressiveness with parents were associated with children's peer relations. Although children's understanding of emotions was generally not asssociated with family expressiveness, understanding predicted children's peer relations. In addition, children's understanding influenced the links between maternal expressiveness in the home and peer relations and between paternal expressiveness in the laboratory and peer relations. This pattern of results underscores the importance of the emotional climate of the family for the development of children's social relations with peers.