Learning what feelings to desire: Socialization of ideal affect through children's storybooks
Learning what feelings to desire: Socialization of ideal affect through children's storybooks
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167206292749
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
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4
通讯作者：
Uchida, Yukiko
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作者：
Tsai, Jeanne L.;Louie, Jennifer Y.;Uchida, Yukiko
以前的研究结果表明，文化因素影响理想的影响（即，人们理想中想要感受的情感状态）。三项研究验证了理想情感的文化差异在生命早期出现并通过接触故事书获得的假设。在研究1中，作者建立了与以前的研究结果相一致，欧洲美国学龄前儿童更喜欢兴奋（与平静）状态（由活动和微笑偏好索引），并且认为兴奋（与平静）状态比台湾中国学龄前儿童更快乐。在研究2中，我们观察到类似的差异也反映在美国和台湾畅销故事书的图片（活动、表情和微笑）上。研究3发现，在不同文化中，接触令人兴奋的（与平静的）故事书会改变孩子们对兴奋（与平静）活动的偏好以及他们对幸福的看法。这些发现表明，理想情感的文化差异可能部分是由于对平静和令人兴奋的故事书的不同接触。
Previous findings suggest that cultural factors influence ideal affect (i.e., the affective states that people ideally want to feel). Three studies tested the hypothesis that cultural differences in ideal affect emerge early in life and are acquired through exposure to storybooks. In Study 1, the authors established that consistent with previous findings, European American preschoolers preferred excited (vs. calm) states more (indexed by activity and smile preferences) and perceived excited (vs. calm) states as happier than Taiwanese Cbinese preschoolers. In Study 2, it was observed that similar differences were reflected in the pictures (activities, expressions, and smiles) of best-selling storybooks in the United States and Taiwan. Study 3 found that across cultures, exposure to exciting (vs. calm) storybooks altered children's preferences for excited (vs. calm) activities and their perceptions of happiness. These findings suggest that cultural differences in ideal affect may be due partly to differential exposure to calm and exciting storybooks.