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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Child Psychology

Background:

  • Previous research on children's mixed emotions primarily used allocentric methods focusing on social contexts.
  • The egocentric understanding and experience of mixed emotions in nonsocial situations remain less explored in developmental research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the development of children's egocentric understanding and experience of mixed emotions.
  • To examine the influence of age and gender on egocentric mixed emotion expression in a nonsocial context.

Main Methods:

  • A computerized game with a disappointing wins paradigm was used to elicit egocentric mixed emotions.
  • 142 children aged 6 to 12 years participated in the study.

Main Results:

  • Age was a significant predictor of expressing egocentric mixed emotion experience and understanding.
  • Gender did not significantly influence children's reports of egocentric mixed emotions in this nonsocial context.
  • A positive relationship was found between experiencing and understanding egocentric mixed emotions.

Conclusions:

  • Age, not gender, impacts the development of egocentric mixed emotion understanding and experience in nonsocial settings.
  • Findings highlight the importance of nonsocial contexts in studying children's emotion development.
  • Future research should further explore mixed emotion expression within diverse nonsocial environments for youth.