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Emotion Communication and the Development of the Social Emotions.
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Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Nelson-Goens, G. Christina – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Presents a functionalist perspective on emotion communication and its role in the development of shame and guilt. Emotion communication influences relationship-building between parent and child; gives significance to standards, rules, and achievement; and serves as a channel of communication between parent and child regarding standards, rules, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Children, Emotional Development
Children's Conflict-Related Emotions: Implications for Morality and Autonomy.
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Arsenio, William; Cooperman, Sharon – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Investigates the influence of children's affective dispositions and knowledge of emotions on their ability to use nonaggressive conflict resolution strategies, exploring connections between autonomy and socioemotional development. Finds that individual differences in affective dispositions and emotional knowledge influence children's abilities to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Development
How Does Family Emotional Expressiveness Affect Children's Schemas?
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Dunsmore, Julie C.; Halberstadt, Amy G. – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Presents a model for understanding children's formation of schemas of self, other, and how self and other do and should communicate emotion. Attributes important roles to families' tendencies to display or not display emotion and to their rules regarding desirability and importance of communicating emotion. Notes that child characteristics and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Child Development, Children
Observer Judgments of Emotion in American, Japanese, and Chinese Infants.
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Camras, Linda A.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
A cross-national study examined what Japanese, Chinese, and American infants communicated to naive observers in various contexts when facial information was not available. Found that cultural differences were manifested primarily in deviations from expected responses to situations; Chinese and Japanese were not rated as more surprised in the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
Marital Conflict, Emotional Regulation, and the Adjustment of Children of Alcoholics.
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El-Sheikh, Mona; Cummings, E. Mark – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Discusses the role of marital conflict as a mediator of parental drinking problems, and the emotional regulation and adjustment of children living in a family with an alcoholic parent. Proposes an emotional security hypothesis to explain the relationships, wherein hostile emotion communication may undermine children's sense of security, and as a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Alcoholism, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Modification
Communication of Smiling and Laughter in Mother-Infant Play: Research on Emotion from a Dynamic Systems Perspective.
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Fogel, Alan; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Cites research on smiling and laughter to illustrate a dynamic systems approach to emotion communication. Maintains that emotion is relational and not individual; the nonreflexive aspects of emotion involve the connection between a person and a context taken as a whole. Presents findings regarding social processes involved in smiling and laughter…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Context Effect, Emotional Development