父母的语言内容和距离预测了关于情感和孩子情感调节的信念
Chelsea Reaume1, Kristel Thomassin1
1Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
Cognition & emotion
|June 12, 2024
概括
父母对情绪的语言影响了父母对儿童情绪调节 (ER) 的信仰. 积极的谈话和心理距离培养孩子对情感能力的信念,而负面的谈话阻碍了他们.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 语言心理学语言心理学
背景情况:
- 父母的情感信仰塑造了孩子的情感调节 (ER).
- 建设主义情感理论强调社会和语言因素在情感发展中的作用.
- 了解父母沟通与情感信念之间的联系对于儿童的发展至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查父母在情感信仰讨论期间的语言是否预测了父母对情感和儿童急救中心的信仰.
- 探索积极/负面情绪谈话和心理距离对父母情感信仰的影响.
主要方法:
- 102名8-12岁儿童的家长参加了关于情感信仰的焦点小组.
- 焦点小组的内容被分析为特定的语言特征 (情感谈话,心理距离).
- 九个月后,父母填写了关于情感信仰和儿童ER的问卷.
主要成果:
- 积极的父母情感谈话和关于孩子的讨论中的心理距离预测了对孩子情感能力的积极信念.
- 负面情绪谈话预测父母对孩子的情绪控制和愤怒表达价值的信念较低,孩子的急救服务更差.
- 这些影响是特定于讨论孩子的情绪,而不是父母自己的.
结论:
- 父母在情感讨论期间的沟通模式显著影响了父母对孩子情感和情感调节的信念.
- 特定的语言策略,如积极情感的谈话和心理距离,可以培养适应性的父母情感信仰.
- 调查结果强调了家长话语在塑造儿童社会情感发展中的重要性.
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