NDLI: Mother-Child Interactions and Preschoolers’ Emotion Regulation Outcomes: Nurturing Autonomous Emotion Regulation

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Author	Lincoln, Courtney R. Russell, Beth S. Dohue, Erin B. Racine, Lauren E.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Emotion regulation is a complex process that begins in infancy and continues through childhood with parents’ support. Early parent-child interactions shape the way children learn emotion management. We took a sociocultural and social learning approach to exploring the specific components of mother-child interactions that are related to mothers’ perceptions of her child’s regulatory ability and the child’s observed emotion regulation. Thirty mothers and their preschool children were recruited from two New England urban areas: one community sample and one head start sample. Dyads engaged in a free play session, children completed an observed compliance task, and mothers completed a set of questionnaires assessing their perceptions of their child’s regulation. Regression analyses revealed that maternal behaviors during free play predicted child’s observed hostility (F $_{(2,29)}$ = 3.137, p < .05) and mothers’ perceptions of her child’s regulatory ability predicted observed child compliance (F $_{(2, 17)}$ = 4.990, p < .05). Child behaviors during play significantly predicted child’s compliance (F $_{(3,20)}$ = 4.722, p < .05) and child’s hostility (F $_{(1, 26)}$ = 9.220, p < .001). Maternal modeling and intentional scaffolding as well as perceptions of her child’s regulatory capacity have a powerful impact on her child’s observed regulation. Results indicate that it is particularly important for mothers of preschoolers to support autonomy while guiding socially appropriate behavior. Interventions that target improving mothers’ negative perceptions of their children, educating on appropriate preschool expectations, and facilitating preschoolers’ mature play may help mothers interact with their children in the ways that foster children’s autonomous emotion regulation.
Starting Page	559
Ending Page	573
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10621024
Journal	Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume Number	26
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15732843
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-09-22
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Emotion lability Emotion regulation Compliance Maternal perceptions Mother-child interactions Child and School Psychology Social Sciences Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Life-span and Life-course Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology

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