"You Feel Sad?" Emotion Understanding Mediates Effects of Verbal Ability and Mother-Child Mutuality on Prosocial Behaviors: Findings from 2 Years to 4 Years

Autor/inn/en	Ensor, Rosie; Spencer, Debra; Hughes, Claire
Titel	"You Feel Sad?" Emotion Understanding Mediates Effects of Verbal Ability and Mother-Child Mutuality on Prosocial Behaviors: Findings from 2 Years to 4 Years
Quelle	In: Social Development, 20 (2011) 1, S.93-110 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00572.x
Schlagwörter	Video Technology; Prosocial Behavior; Mothers; Path Analysis; Verbal Ability; Individual Differences; Peer Relationship; Emotional Development; Parent Child Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Children; Predictor Variables; Mother Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Pfadanalyse; Mündliche Leistung; Individueller Unterschied; Peer-Beziehungen; Gefühlsbildung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Lehrerverhalten; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Prädiktor; Mutterliebe
Abstract	Early individual differences in prosocial behaviors are pivotal for children's peer relationships. To investigate the interplay among verbal ability, emotion understanding, and mother-child mutuality as predictors of prosocial behaviors, we observed 102 children at the ages of two, three, and four. All time points included verbal ability and emotion understanding tests and both video-based and maternal ratings of prosocial behavior. The first two time points also included video-based ratings of mother-child mutuality. The third time point included teacher ratings of prosocial behavior and an experimental task. Regression analysis demonstrated robust associations between emotion understanding at the age of three and prosocial behavior at the age of four. Path analysis showed that emotion understanding at the age of three mediated associations between verbal ability/mother-child mutuality at the age of two and prosocial behavior at the age of four. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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