在儿童情绪表达中,个体差异和双向过程的重要性
Julie A Hubbard1, Christina C Moore1, Lindsay Zajac1
1University of Delaware.
Applied developmental science
|April 22, 2024
概括
孩子 孩子 孩子 孩子
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 情绪发展 情绪发展
背景情况:
- 儿童在表达情绪方面表现出明显的个体差异.
- 儿童在社交互动中也表现出情感同步和互惠.
- 了解个体特征和对情绪表达的双层影响之间的相互作用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 使用社会关系模型 (SRM) 方法调查儿童的情绪表达.
- 解开影响儿童情绪行为的特征性和二元因素.
- 检查儿童在同龄人互动中如何表达情绪.
主要方法:
- 采用社会关系模型 (SRM) 方法,与202名9岁儿童在同性玩乐小组中合作.
- 采用圆形组合形式,让孩子们在两个任务中分别互动:挫折任务和合作规划任务.
- 情绪 (快乐,悲伤,愤怒,焦虑,中立) 被观察者在任务中逐秒编码.
主要成果:
- SRM分析证实了儿童情绪表达的特征性质,由显著的演员变异和人内相关性证明.
- 显著的伴侣差异和关系差异表明了情绪表达的双向性质.
- 双向互惠和人际关系的证据突出了交互伙伴对情绪表达的影响.
结论:
- 儿童的情绪表达是由稳定的个体特征和他们社交互动的动态形成的.
- 社会关系模型有效地区分了儿童情绪行为中的演员效应和伴侣效应.
- 这些发现强调了考虑个人倾向和关系背景在理解儿童情绪发展方面的重要性.
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