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The relations between emotional understanding, intellectual functioning, and disruptive behavior problems in

E T Cook1, M T Greenberg, C A Kusche

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
|April 1, 1994
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Children with more behavior problems struggle with emotional understanding. Higher intellectual functioning can help mitigate these deficits, offering insights for targeted interventions.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Emotional understanding is crucial for social and behavioral adjustment in children.
  • Individual differences in emotional understanding and behavior problems are well-documented.
  • The interplay between cognitive abilities and emotional development warrants further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between children's emotional understanding and behavioral adjustment.
  • To investigate the role of intellectual functioning in mediating this relationship.
  • To explore implications for intervention programs for children with behavioral challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Individual interviews using the Kusche Affective Interview--Revised with 220 first- and second-grade children.

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  • Assessment of emotional understanding (personal examples, recognition cues) and intellectual functioning (WISC-R subtests).
  • Parent-completed Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist to measure behavior problems.

    • Main Results:

    • Children with higher behavior problems exhibited deficits in emotional understanding.
    • Intellectual functioning was negatively correlated with behavior problems.
    • Cognitive abilities attenuated the negative impact of behavior problems on emotional understanding.

    Conclusions:

    • Deficits in emotional understanding are linked to behavioral problems in children.
    • Intellectual functioning plays a protective role, moderating the effects of behavior problems on emotional skills.
    • Findings support the development of targeted prevention and treatment programs focusing on both emotional and cognitive skills for children with behavior problems.