Parental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers’ Emotion Knowledge

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dc.contributor.advisorDenham, Susanne A.
dc.contributor.authorWatanabe, Naomi
dc.creatorWatanabe, Naomi
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-29T18:40:42Z
dc.date.available2015-07-29T18:40:42Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractA large body of literature shows that emotional knowledge has numerous benefits for preschoolers’ social-emotional functioning. As a key influential factor, parental socialization of emotion has been receiving increased attention in last decades. However, much research has been conducted in Western cultures; many researchers call for the need of further research in various cultures, especially non-Western cultures. The purpose of the present study was to investigate parental emotion teaching practice in parent-child interactions and the relation between parental emotion teaching and preschoolers’ emotion knowledge in Japan. Fifty-one 3- and 4-year-old Japanese preschoolers’ emotion knowledge was assessed and mother-child interactions in book reading and reminiscence of emotional experience were videotaped in a semi-structured laboratory setting. Maternal utterances were transcribed and maternal use of emotion words and emotion teaching techniques were coded. The results showed that maternal emotion teaching techniques, specifically questioning, clarifying, and reference to child’s feelings, predicted preschoolers’ emotion knowledge. Also, moderation effects of preschoolers’ age and gender on the relation were found. Implications of findings in relation to cultural context are discussed.
dc.format.extent79 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9660
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 Naomi Watanabe
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectEmotion knowledge
dc.subjectEmotion teaching
dc.subjectJapanese
dc.subjectParental socialization
dc.subjectPreschooler
dc.titleParental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers’ Emotion Knowledge
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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