Department of Epidemiology, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Oct;110(2):171-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.009. Epub 2011 Apr 22.
This investigation analyzed the methods used over the past 35 years to study emotion regulation (ER) in children. Articles published from 1975 through 2010 were identified in 42 child clinical, developmental, and emotion psychology journals. Overall, 61.1% of published ER articles relied on one method and 23.6% used two methods. Analyses revealed (a) 82.8% of published ER research occurring within the past decade; (b) higher rates of observational methods with infant and toddler/preschool samples, but more use of self-report methodology with middle childhood and adolescent samples; (c) a longer history of published ER research with samples of infants to 5-year-olds, including the use of more longitudinal design, compared with older samples; and (d) a positive association between journal impact ratings and the use of physiological and observational measurement. Review of the measurement tools used to capture ER revealed great diversity in how emotion processes are understood and evaluated.
本研究分析了过去 35 年来用于研究儿童情绪调节（ER）的方法。在 42 种儿童临床、发展和情绪心理学杂志中，确定了 1975 年至 2010 年发表的文章。总体而言，61.1%的已发表 ER 文章依赖于一种方法，23.6%使用了两种方法。分析结果显示：（a）过去十年中发表的 ER 研究占 82.8%；（b）婴儿和幼儿/学龄前样本中观察方法的使用比例较高，但儿童中期和青少年样本中更多地使用自我报告方法；（c）与年龄较大的样本相比，针对婴儿到 5 岁儿童样本的 ER 研究历史更长，包括使用更多的纵向设计；（d）期刊影响评分与生理和观察测量的使用之间存在正相关。对用于捕捉 ER 的测量工具的审查表明，人们对情绪过程的理解和评估存在很大差异。
