Amy Kennedy Root1, Cynthia Stifter2. 1. Department of Technology, Learning and Culture, 504J Allen Hall, Box 6122, Morgantown, WV 26506-6122. 2. Pennsylvania State University.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined the roles of children's approach behavior and maternal emotion socialization practices in the development of social behavior in unfamiliar and familiar contexts from preschool to early childhood years. DESIGN: At 4.5 years of age, children were observed, and an assessment of approach behavior was obtained; at this time, mothers reported about their emotion socialization beliefs. Two years later, children returned to the laboratory to participate in a peer play paradigm. When children were 7 years of age, teachers completed a questionnaire about children's social behaviors in the classroom. RESULTS: Mothers' emotion socialization beliefs contribute to the developmental outcomes of approach behavior. For instance, observations of approach behaviors predicted a greater proportion of group play in the unfamiliar peer group when mothers reported highly supportive emotion socialization beliefs. CONCLUSION: Mothers' emotion socialization beliefs appear to play an important role in modifying the developmental course of approach behavior during early childhood.
OBJECTIVE: We examined the roles of children's approach behavior and maternal emotion socialization practices in the development of social behavior in unfamiliar and familiar contexts from preschool to early childhood years. DESIGN: At 4.5 years of age, children were observed, and an assessment of approach behavior was obtained; at this time, mothers reported about their emotion socialization beliefs. Two years later, children returned to the laboratory to participate in a peer play paradigm. When children were 7 years of age, teachers completed a questionnaire about children's social behaviors in the classroom. RESULTS: Mothers' emotion socialization beliefs contribute to the developmental outcomes of approach behavior. For instance, observations of approach behaviors predicted a greater proportion of group play in the unfamiliar peer group when mothers reported highly supportive emotion socialization beliefs. CONCLUSION: Mothers' emotion socialization beliefs appear to play an important role in modifying the developmental course of approach behavior during early childhood.
Authors: Victoria C Johnson; Thomas M Olino; Daniel N Klein; Margaret W Dyson; Sara J Bufferd; C Emily Durbin; Lea R Dougherty; Elizabeth P Hayden Journal: J Res Pers Date: 2016-04-30