Thai and American mothers socialize preschoolers' emotional development differently.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 08 2023
05 08 2023
Historique:
received:
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10
2022
accepted:
02
08
2023
medline:
7
8
2023
pubmed:
6
8
2023
entrez:
5
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Cultures vary in beliefs about appropriate display of emotion. Children rely on adults to help them understand emotional experiences and display emotions in a culturally appropriate manner. The present study compared how emotion display differs between Thai and American mother-child interactions during preschool. Language samples from 21 Thai and 21 American mother-child dyads were elicited using prompted reminiscing, book reading, toy play, and child personal narrative tasks. Results revealed group differences in emotion talk and behavior. American dyads expressed more intense emotions during interactions compared to Thai dyads. American dyads also displayed more emotion behaviors than Thai dyads, whereas Thai dyads used more emotion words compared to American dyads. Additionally, there were gender differences in the expression of emotion, with boy dyads more emotionally intense than girl dyads in both groups. Boys displayed more negative emotion behaviors compared to girls during prompted reminiscing, whereas girls used more negative emotion words than boys during the personal narrative task. These findings demonstrate cultural and gender differences in socialization goals and practices regarding emotion display and underscore the influence of mothers' scaffolding on children's emotional development. This research reveals the variability in beliefs and values that underlie emotional development across sociocultural contexts.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37543675
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39947-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-39947-0
pmc: PMC10404248
doi:
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Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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eng
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Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R21 HD106759
Pays : United States
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