负面的 (但不是积极的) 情感性情节性未来思维增强了5岁儿童的主动行为
Felix Schreiber1, Silvia Schneider1, Albert Newen2
1Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Mental Health Research and Treatment Center Bochum, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|March 28, 2024
概括
想象未来的负面情绪有助于孩子们主动为考试做好准备. 这种情感的插曲性未来思维 (EFT) 鼓励自我主动的准备,与想象积极的结果不同.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
背景情况:
- 情感插曲性未来思维 (EFT) 帮助成年人进行面向未来的行为.
- 主动行为涉及对未来事件的自我准备.
- 了解EFT对儿童主动行为的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查情感EFT是否影响幼儿的积极行为.
- 确定想象积极或负面的未来结果是否会对准备产生不同的影响.
- 探索EFT对儿童影响的潜在调解者和调节者.
主要方法:
- 五岁的儿童 (N=90) 被随机分配到想象积极的EFT,负的EFT或对照条件.
- 主动行为是通过选择玩游戏来衡量的,这也是即将到来的测试.
- 调解者 (动机,心理距离,影响) 和调解者 (情节性能力,抑制,接近) 被探索.
主要成果:
- 负EFT条件下的儿童显著增加了主动行为 (选择测试游戏而不是机会).
- 负EFT导致比对照组更主动的行为.
- 积极的EFT没有显著影响主动行为;效应独立于调解员/主持人.
结论:
- 负面的情感插曲性未来思维可以促进幼儿的积极行为.
- 这些发现表明,未来思维如何影响童年准备的具体机制.
- 未来的研究应该进一步探索情感EFT在发育背景中的细微差别.
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