Kristin H Lagattuta (2002)
Differences in early parent-child conversations about negative versus positive emotions: Implications for the development of psychological understanding
Miscellaneous publication.
The authors examined whether the quality and content of everyday parent-child conversations about negative emotions are the same or different from everyday talk about positive emotions. Extensive longitudinal speech samples of 6 children and their parents were analyzed for several critical features when the children were between 2 and 5 years of age. Results showed that children and parents talked about past emotions, the causes of emotions, and connections between emotions and other mental states at higher rates during conversations about negative emotions than during conversations about positive emotions. Discourse about negative emotions also included a larger emotion vocabulary, more openended questions, and more talk about other people. These differences appeared before the children's 3rd birthdays and remained consistent through the preschool years. The findings strengthen and clarify current understanding of young children's articulation and knowledge about people's minds, lives, and emotions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
Database Name: PsycINFO.
Email Address: [mailto:khlaga@ucdavis.edu].
Contact Individual: Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen, U California, Dept of Psychology, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, US, [mailto:khlaga@ucdavis.edu].
Conference: Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development., Apr 2001, Minneapolis, US; Portions of this research were presented at the aforementioned conference..
Journal Volume: 38.
Journal Issue: 4.
Journal Pages: 564-580.
Publication Type: Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal.
Format Availability: Electronic; Print.
Format Covered: Print.
Methodology: Empirical Study; Longitudinal Study.
Population: Human; Male; Female.
Age: Childhood (birth-12 yrs); Preschool Age (2-5 yrs).
Location: US.
Peer Reviewed: Yes.
Identifiers: early childhood; parent child conversations; negative vs positive emotions; developmental differences; psychological understanding.
Classification: 2800 Developmental Psychology.
Number of References: 86 reference(s) present, 86 reference(s) displayed.
Update: 20020626.
Accession Number: 2002-01756-009.
Cited by: 24 (on Jun 01, 2007).
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