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Parental Socialization of Emotion.

Nancy Eisenberg1, Amanda Cumberland, Tracy L Spinrad

  • 1Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.

Psychological Inquiry
|July 26, 2006
PubMed
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Parental socialization practices significantly impact children's emotional development and social competence. Negative parental reactions to children's emotions are linked to poorer child outcomes, highlighting a bidirectional socialization process.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Emotion Research

Background:

  • Recent resurgence in emotion research, focusing on emotion socialization.
  • Parental role in shaping children's emotional understanding and behavior is critical.
  • Existing literature on parental socialization of emotion is reviewed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a heuristic model of factors influencing emotion socialization.
  • To review literature on parental socialization of children's emotion and emotion-related behavior.
  • To examine the bidirectional nature of the parent-child socialization process.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of parental reactions, emotion discussion, and emotion expression.
  • Analysis of correlational research on parental socialization practices.
  • Discussion of potential moderators like emotional arousal.

Main Results:

  • Parental socialization practices affect children's emotional and social competence.
  • Bidirectional influence observed in the parent-child socialization process.
  • Negative parental emotionality and reactions correlate with children's negative emotionality and lower social competence.

Conclusions:

  • Parental socialization significantly influences child emotional and social development.
  • The parent-child socialization process is bidirectional.
  • Interventions focusing on parental responses to children's emotions may enhance social competence.

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