Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 394-401.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.04.02

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Bidirectional Relations between Maternal Meta-emotion Philosophy and Children's Social Adjustment among Preschoolers: A Longitudinal Study

LIANG Zongbao, HU Rui, ZHANG Guangzhen, DENG Huihua, XIA Min   

  1. Key Laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science, Institute of Child Development and Education, Southeast University, NanJing 210096, China
  • Online:2016-07-15 Published:2016-07-15

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Abstract: Parental socialization of children's emotion has been paid increasing attention during the past decades.Parental meta-emotional philosophy has broad implications for the children's emotional well being and social behavior. Although existing studies indicated that parental meta-emotional philosophy significantly associated with children's social behavior, little was known about bidirectional relationship between them among Chinese preschoolers.This study examined longitudinally bidirectional relationship between maternal meta-emotional philosophy and preschool children's social adjustment. Participants in study were 438 mothers, reporting on their meta-emotional philosophy and their children's adjustment in a 2-wave longitudinal study over one year. Cross-lagged model was conducted to analyze the bidirectional relations between maternal meta-emotion philosophy and children's social adjustment. Results indicated that: (1) Maternal meta-emotional philosophy and children's social adjustment were moderately stable across two wave measurement. (2) Maternal meta-emotional philosophy was associated with children's social adjustment in same wave measurement. (3) The reciprocal influences were observed between maternal meta-emotion philosophy and children's social adjustment over time. Specifically, post-test sensitive-cooperative behavior in children was predicted by baseline maternal emotion coaching, emotion noninvolvement, and emotion-dysfunction, and children's sensitive-cooperative behavior was found promote posttest maternal emotion coaching. Angry-aggressive behavior and anxious-withdrawal behavior in children were predicted by baseline maternal emotion noninvolvement, and posttest maternal emotion dismissing and emotion-dysfunction were positively predicted by anxious-withdrawal behavior in child.

Key words: preschooler, meta-emotion philosophy, social adjustment, longitudinal study

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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