THE MAGIC OF PLAY: LOW-INCOME MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' PLAYFULNESS AND CHILDREN'S EMOTION REGULATION AND VOCABULARY SKILLS
THE MAGIC OF PLAY: LOW-INCOME MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' PLAYFULNESS AND CHILDREN'S EMOTION REGULATION AND VOCABULARY SKILLS
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DOI：
10.1002/imhj.21682
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Aldoney, Daniela
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作者：
Cabrera, Natasha J.;Karberg, Elizabeth;Aldoney, Daniela
我们利用参与早期启蒙研究评估项目 (n = 73) 的不同低收入家庭样本的数据，探讨了母亲和父亲对幼儿的玩耍、幼儿在玩耍时的情感以及学前班儿童的语言和情绪调节之间的关系。有两个主要发现。首先，父亲在幼儿时期的玩耍与孩子在幼儿园的词汇技能有关，而母亲的玩耍与孩子的情绪调节有关。仅在母亲身上发现了跨父母效应。当父亲进行更多的假装游戏并且孩子在游戏中表现出积极的情感时，母亲的玩耍性与孩子的词汇量和情绪调节之间的联系就会得到加强。这些发现表明，玩耍是低收入家庭中成长的儿童词汇和情绪调节变化的重要来源。他们还指出了母亲和父亲促进儿童调节和词汇技能的特定领域的方法，并强调了儿童积极参与游戏的重要性。
Using data from a diverse sample of low-income families who participated in the Early Head Start Research Evaluation Project (n = 73), we explored the association between mothers' and fathers' playfulness with toddlers, toddler's affect during play, and children's language and emotion regulation at prekindergarten. There were two main findings. First, fathers' playfulness in toddlerhood was associated with children's vocabulary skills in prekindergarten whereas mothers' playfulness was related to children's emotion regulation. Cross-parental effects were found only for mothers. The association between mothers' playfulness and children's vocabulary and emotion regulation was strengthened when fathers engaged in more pretend play and when children were affectively positive during the play. These findings show that playfulness is an important source of variation in the vocabulary and emotion regulation of children growing up in low-income families. They also point to domain-specific ways that mothers and fathers promote children's regulatory and vocabulary skills, and highlight the importance of children's positive engagement in play.