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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
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Parental Emotion Coaching: Associations With Self-Regulation in Aggressive/Rejected and Low Aggressive/Popular
Beverly J Wilson1, Holly Petaja2, Jenna Yun3
1Clinical Psychology Department, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Child & Family Behavior Therapy
|July 30, 2014
Summary
Parental emotion coaching, especially from fathers, is linked to better self-regulation in children. Interventions supporting this skill may help children with social and conduct issues.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Childhood self-regulation is crucial for social and academic success.
- Parental emotion coaching influences children's emotional and behavioral development.
- Understanding the differential impact of maternal and paternal emotion coaching is important.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between maternal/paternal emotion coaching and self-regulation in young children.
- To examine how parental emotion coaching relates to children's attention and emotion regulation.
- To explore the role of emotion coaching in children with aggressive/rejected versus low aggressive/popular peer status.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study design.
- Peer reports used to categorize 54 kindergarten and first-grade children.
- Statistical analyses to assess associations and moderation effects.
Main Results:
- A trend suggested fathers of low aggressive/popular children used more emotion coaching.
- Paternal emotion coaching significantly predicted children's attention regulation.
- Maternal emotion coaching moderated the link between child peer status and emotion regulation.
Conclusions:
- Parental emotion coaching, particularly paternal, is associated with improved child self-regulation.
- Targeted interventions focusing on parental emotion coaching may enhance self-regulation and attention in at-risk children.
- Findings highlight the importance of both parents in fostering children's socio-emotional skills.
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