Culture and the Emotion Socialization of Preschoolers

Lugo-candelas, Claudia I

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Culture and the Emotion Socialization of Preschoolers

dc.contributor.advisor	Elizabeth Harvey
dc.contributor.author	Lugo-candelas, Claudia I
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Psychology
dc.date	2023-09-23T07:18:02.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:19:21Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01
dc.date.submitted	September
dc.description.abstract	Objective:The present study examined mothers’ emotion socialization of 3-year–old children with behavior problems, to determine whether emotion socialization practices, as well as the relation between these practices and child functioning, varied across ethnicities. Method: Participants were 156 preschoolers with behavior problems. Mothers were European American (n = 98), Latina American (n = 40; predominately Puerto Rican), and African American (n = 18). Audio taped mother-child interactions were coded for emotion socialization behaviors. Results: Overall, this study provided evidence for both differences and similarities across ethnicities on parental emotion socialization practices. Ethnic differences in use of emotion socialization practices were only found for mothers’ emotion focused reactions, minimizing reactions, and non-responses to negative affect. However, ethnic differences emerged in the relations between emotion socialization practices and child functioning. Several emotion socialization parental behaviors were differentially related to current child internalizing and externalizing problems across ethnic groups. Conclusions: Results provide some support for the existence of cultural differences in emotion socialization practices and their associated child outcomes.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/2909767
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47861
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1998&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	culture
dc.subject	emotion socialization
dc.subject	emotion regulation
dc.subject	preschool
dc.subject	parenting
dc.subject	behavior problems
dc.subject	Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
dc.subject	Mental Disorders
dc.subject	Other Psychiatry and Psychology
dc.title	Culture and the Emotion Socialization of Preschoolers
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
digcom.contributor.author	isAuthorOfPublication\|email:clugo@psych.umass.edu\|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst\|Lugo-candelas, Claudia I
digcom.date.embargo	2012-05-23T00:00:00-07:00
digcom.identifier	theses/924
digcom.identifier.contextkey	2909767
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	theses/924
dspace.entity.type	Publication