Journal article
Early Positive Emotionality as a Heterogeneous Trait: Implications for Children's Self-Regulation
Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.93(6), pp.1054-1066
12/2007
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1054
PMID: 18072854
Abstract
Young children's positive affect in scripted laboratory procedures and in free-flowing social interactions may reflect the activation of related but distinct aspects of positive emotionality (PE), with different implications for self-regulation. The authors observed children's PE in scripted laboratory procedures and in naturalistic interactions with mothers in 2 studies: at 9, 14, 22, 33, and 45 months (the Parent-Child Study, N = 112) and at 7, 15, 25, 38, and 52 months (the Family Study, N = 102). Measures of self-regulation included effortful control (observed in the Parent-Child Study at 22, 33, and 45 months and in the Family Study at 25, 38, and 52 months) and rule-compatible conduct (observed in the Parent-Child Study at 56 and 73 months and in the Family Study at 38 and 52 months). In both studies, 2 PE measures had distinct implications: PE in scripted procedures related negatively, whereas PE in mother-child interactions related positively to self-regulation. In both studies, those differential effects were particularly clear for children's effortful control. A view of early PE as having a heterogeneous nature may inform researchers' understanding of its role in the developing personality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Early Positive Emotionality as a Heterogeneous Trait: Implications for Children's Self-Regulation
- Creators
- Grazyna Kochanska - Department of Psychology, University of IowaNazan Aksan - Department of Psychology, University of IowaSara J Penney - Department of Psychology, University of IowaAlissa F Doobay - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Charles S Carver (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.93(6), pp.1054-1066
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1054
- PMID
- 18072854
- ISSN
- 0022-3514
- eISSN
- 1939-1315
- Grant note
- name: National Science Foundation, award: SBR-9510863; DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: RO1 MH63096; KO2 MH01446
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2007
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984213430502771
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