Primary caregivers' reactions to their Head Start preschoolers' negative emotions: predicting emotion competence and social competence in a low-income, ethnic minority sample
| Author(s) | King, Kristen A. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2020-08-14T13:03:48Z | |
| Date Available | 2020-08-14T13:03:48Z | |
| Publication Date | 2006 | |
| Abstract | Primary caregivers' reactions to preschoolers' negative emotions and their relation to social and emotion competence were examined in 95 primary caregiver-child dyads from a low-income, primarily African American, Head Start sample. After controlling for primary caregivers' self-reported depressive emotions, disorganized parenting, and harsh parenting, several significant relations were found between caregivers' self-reported reactions to children's negative emotions and teacher ratings of children's emotion and social competence. Helping children cope and reacting with distress to children's negative emotions predicted child emotion lability/negativity and disruptive behavior problems. Caregiver encouragement of emotion expression predicted boys' emotion regulation ability. Emotion regulation fully mediated the effect of caregiver expression encouragement on boys' prosocial behavior. | en_US |
| Advisor | Izard, Carroll E. | |
| Degree | M.A. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Department of Psychology | |
| Unique Identifier | 80926436 | |
| URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/27402 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | https://search.proquest.com/docview/305323036?accountid=10457 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Emotions in children | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Encouragement | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | African American parents -- Attitudes | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Parents -- Attitudes | |
| Title | Primary caregivers' reactions to their Head Start preschoolers' negative emotions: predicting emotion competence and social competence in a low-income, ethnic minority sample | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |