感觉距离:童年情绪调节和空间能力之间的关系
Eirini Flouri1, Dimitris I Tsomokos2
1Psychology & Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK.
Development and psychopathology
|October 6, 2024
概括
具有较强空间技能的孩子表现出更好的情绪调节. 这项研究发现,儿童的空间能力和情绪失调之间存在相互联系,这表明空间技能可能支持情绪控制.
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
背景情况:
- 基于语言的隔离可以减少创伤回忆期间的情绪强度.
- 空间技能可以通过提高对距离的理解来增强情绪调节.
研究的目的:
- 调查空间能力和儿童情绪失调之间的双向关联.
- 探索是否优越的空间技能通过增强的距离感知来促进情绪下调.
主要方法:
- 使用英国出生队列数据的纵向研究.
- 对5岁和7岁的儿童进行了检查.
- 统计分析调整了包括语言能力和性别在内的混因素.
主要成果:
- 在空间技能和情绪失调之间发现了显著的相互关系.
- 5岁时的空间能力预测了7岁时较低的情绪失调.
- 5岁时情绪失调预测7岁时空间能力较差.
结论:
- 空间能力和情绪调节在中儿童时期是双向联系在一起的.
- 提高空间技能可能是支持儿童情绪调节的可行策略.
- 研究结果突出了认知和情绪发展之间的相互作用.
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