EXPRESSIVE CONTROL DURING A DISAPPOINTMENT - VARIATIONS RELATED TO PRESCHOOLERS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
EXPRESSIVE CONTROL DURING A DISAPPOINTMENT - VARIATIONS RELATED TO PRESCHOOLERS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.30.6.835
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发表时间:
1994-11-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
SMITH, KD
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作者:
COLE, PM;ZAHNWAXLER, C;SMITH, KD
Individual differences in expressive control during a disappointment were examined in relation to preschool boys' and girls' concurrent behavior and to their risk for developing disruptive behavior disorders. A disappointment paradigm was used to examine expressive control in 79 4- and 5-year-old children with low, moderate, or high risk. Boys at risk showed more negative emotion in the experimenter's (E's) presence than low-risk boys. In E's absence, low-risk boys' negative emotion was equivalent to at-risk boys'. Boys' negative emotion, particularly anger, predicted their disruptiveness during the disappointment and general symptoms of oppositionality. At-risk girls differed from low-risk girls after E left, displaying less negative emotion than low-risk girls. Girls' minimization of negative emotion predicted attention deficit and conduct disorder symptoms. Gender-specific expressive control is discussed in terms of gender differences in emotion regulation and psychopathology.