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Patterns of Attachment and Emotional Competence in Middle Childhood
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Colle, Livia; Del Giudice, Marco – Social Development, 2011
The study investigated the relationship between patterns of attachment and emotional competence at the beginning of middle childhood in a sample of 122 seven-year-olds. A new battery of tasks was developed in order to assess two facets of emotional competence (emotion recognition and knowledge of regulation strategies). Attachment was related to…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Attachment Behavior, Children, Gender Discrimination
The Impact of Developing Social Perspective-Taking Skills on Emotionality in Middle and Late Childhood
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Bengtsson, Hans; Arvidsson, Asa – Social Development, 2011
A sample of 209 children was followed longitudinally to examine the impact of growing perspective-taking skills on positive and negative emotionality in middle and late childhood. Perspective-taking skills were assessed through interviews. Teachers rated children's emotional reactivity and capacity to regain a neutral state following emotional…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Children, Perspective Taking, Longitudinal Studies
The Relationship between Social Defiance, Vindictiveness, Anger, and Brain Morphology in Eight-Year-Old Boys and Girls
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Fahim, Cherine; Fiori, Marina; Evans, Alan C.; Perusse, Daniel – Social Development, 2012
The goal of this study is twofold: (1) to assess brain anatomical differences between children meeting diagnostic criteria for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and healthy controls, and (2) to investigate whether morphological brain characteristics associated with ODD differ in boys and girls. Eight-year-old participants (N = 38) were scanned…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Social Behavior, Self Control, Etiology
Methods of, and Reasons for, Emotional Expression and Control in Children with Internalizing, Externalizing, and Somatic Problems in Urban India
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Raval, Vaishali V.; Martini, Tanya S.; Raval, Pratiksha H. – Social Development, 2010
Although cross-cultural research concerning children's emotions is growing, few studies have examined emotion dysregulation in culturally diverse populations. This study compared 6- to 8-year-old children's reported methods of expressing and controlling anger, sadness, and physical pain, and their justifications for doing so across four groups in…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cues, Pain, Foreign Countries
"Would Others Think It Is Okay to Express My Feelings?" Regulation of Anger, Sadness and Physical Pain in Gujarati Children in India
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Raval, Vaishali V.; Martini, Tanya S.; Raval, Pratiksha H. – Social Development, 2007
Despite the recognition of cultural influences on emotional development, very little is known regarding emotion regulation in children from different cultures. This study examined beliefs regarding social acceptability and regulatory behaviors in 80 children (aged five to six years and eight to nine years) from two urban communities (suburban and…
Descriptors: Pain, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Values
Commentaries on Halberstadt, Denham, and Dunsmore: The Core and Correlates of Affective Social Competence.
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Eisenberg, Nancy – Social Development, 2001
Acknowledges that Halberstadt et al. have provided the field with a framework in which to organize ideas regarding affective social competence. Argues for modification of the model to stimulate thinking and further research, addressing points of modification in the areas of regulation as the core of the construct and self-factors influencing…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Children, Individual Differences