Hernández Maciel M, Eisenberg Nancy, Valiente Carlos, Spinrad Tracy L, VanSchyndel Sarah K, Diaz Anjolii, Berger Rebecca H, Silva Kassondra M, Southworth Jody, Piña Armando A
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
Emotion. 2015 Dec;15(6):699-704. doi: 10.1037/emo0000099. Epub 2015 Jul 27.
The purpose of this study was to assess whether observed emotional frequency (the proportion of instances an emotion was observed) and intensity (the strength of an emotion when it was observed) uniquely predicted kindergartners' (N = 301) internalizing and externalizing problems. Analyses were tested in a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework with data from multireporters (reports of problem behaviors from teachers and parents) and naturalistic observations of emotion in the fall semester. For observed positive emotion, both frequency and intensity negatively predicted parent- or teacher-reported internalizing symptoms. Anger frequency positively predicted parent- and teacher-reported externalizing symptoms, whereas anger intensity positively predicted parent- and teacher-reported externalizing and parent-reported internalizing symptoms. The findings support the importance of examining both aspects of emotion when predicting maladjustment.
本研究的目的是评估观察到的情绪频率(观察到某种情绪的实例比例)和强度(观察到某种情绪时的强度)是否能独特地预测幼儿园儿童(N = 301)的内化问题和外化问题。分析是在结构方程模型(SEM)框架中进行的,使用了来自多报告者的数据(教师和家长对问题行为的报告)以及秋季学期情绪的自然观察数据。对于观察到的积极情绪,频率和强度均能负向预测家长或教师报告的内化症状。愤怒频率能正向预测家长和教师报告的外化症状,而愤怒强度能正向预测家长和教师报告的外化症状以及家长报告的内化症状。这些发现支持了在预测适应不良时考察情绪两个方面的重要性。