A Longitudinal Examination of Maternal Emotions in Relation to Young Children's Developing Self-Regulation.
A Longitudinal Examination of Maternal Emotions in Relation to Young Children's Developing Self-Regulation.
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10.1080/15295192.2012.709152
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
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Tan PZ
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作者：
Cole PM;Ledonne EN;Tan PZ
本研究探讨幼儿的情绪和行为如何与母亲的情绪同时作为儿童的自我调节的发展变化的功能。母亲和他们的孩子（N = 120）参加了8分钟的等待任务，在儿童的年龄18，24，36，和48个月。孩子们的情绪表达，不良行为和监管的努力进行了观察，和母亲评价自己的情绪在等待。在大多数时间点上，儿童的情绪行为与母亲的情绪都呈预期的方向相关。随着时间的推移，母亲的积极情绪增加更多，如果孩子们更少的愤怒，更多的内容，或更多地参与管理的努力相对于年龄的配偶。如果孩子更多地参与监管工作，母亲的负面情绪会减少得更多，但如果孩子相对于同龄伴侣更愤怒，母亲的负面情绪会减少得更少。儿童情绪的个体差异可能会影响父母的情绪。随着时间的推移，只有儿童愤怒的个体内下降，而不是他们不良行为的减少或他们监管努力的增加，预示着母亲情绪的改善。
This study examines how young children’s emotion and behavior relate to maternal emotions concurrently and as a function of children’s developmental changes in self-regulation. Mothers and their children (N = 120) participated in an 8 min waiting task at children’s ages 18, 24, 36, and 48 months. Children’s emotion expressions, misbehavior, and regulatory efforts were observed, and mothers rated their own emotions during the wait. Children’s emotion and behavior and maternal emotions related in expected directions at most time points. Over time, maternal positive emotion increased more if children were less angry, more content, or more engaged in regulatory efforts relative to age mates. Maternal negative emotion decreased more if children engaged more in regulatory efforts but less if children were angrier relative to age mates. Individual differences in children’s emotions may influence parental emotions. Over time, only the intra-individual decline in children’s anger, not the decrease in their misbehavior or the increase in their regulatory efforts, predicted improvements in maternal emotions.