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The Impact of the Aussie Optimism Program on the Emotional Coping of 5- to 6-Year-Old Children

Selina Oorloff1, Rosanna Rooney1, Natalie Baughman1

  • 1School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.

Frontiers in Psychology
|August 30, 2021
PubMed

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The Aussie Optimism: I Spy Feelings Program showed a positive effect on young children's ability to cope with anger. This emotion regulation program helps maintain healthy emotional coping skills, a key factor in preventing childhood mental health disorders.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Mental Health Interventions

Background:

  • Mental health disorders can emerge in children as young as 4 years old.
  • Teaching healthy emotional coping strategies early is crucial for prevention.
  • Early intervention programs are needed to foster emotional regulation skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the efficacy of the Aussie Optimism: I Spy Feelings Program.
  • To investigate the program's effects on children's emotional coping abilities.
  • To evaluate the program's impact on emotion regulation strategies.

Main Methods:

  • A pre-test post-test cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted.
  • Participants included 73 pre-primary children across four schools.
  • The intervention group received ten sessions of the "I Spy Feelings Program" over 5 weeks.

Main Results:

  • A significant, small to moderate intervention effect was found for coping with anger.
  • Children in the intervention group maintained stable anger coping skills, unlike the control group.
  • No significant intervention effects were observed for coping with sadness or worry.

Conclusions:

  • The "I Spy Feelings Program" shows promise in supporting children's anger management.
  • Emotion regulation strategies are vital for maintaining healthy emotional coping in children.
  • This pilot study provides a foundation for further program development and research.

Keywords:
early childhoodearly interventionemotion regulationemotional copingexternalizing disordersinternalizing disordersprevention programs

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