Larson R, Lampman-Petraitis C
Division of Human Development and Family Ecology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 61801.
Child Dev. 1989 Oct;60(5):1250-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1989.tb03555.x.
Hour-to-hour emotional states reported by children, ages 9-15, were examined in order to evaluate the hypothesis that the onset of adolescence is associated with increased emotional variability. These youths carried electronic pagers for 1 week and filled out reports on their emotional states in response to signals received at random times. To evaluate possible age-related response sets, a subset of children was asked to use the same scales to rate the emotions shown in drawings of 6 faces. The expected relation between daily emotional variability and age was not found among the boys and was small among the girls. There was, however, a linear relation between age and average mood states, with the older participants reporting more dysphoric average states, especially more mildly negative states. An absence of age difference in the ratings of the faces indicated that this relation could not be attributed to age differences in response set. Thus, these findings provide little support for the hypothesis that the onset of adolescence is associated with increased emotionality but indicate significant alterations in everyday experience associated with this age period.
为了评估青春期的开始与情绪变异性增加相关这一假设，研究人员对9至15岁儿童报告的逐小时情绪状态进行了检查。这些青少年佩戴电子传呼机1周，并根据随机收到信号时的情况填写情绪状态报告。为了评估可能与年龄相关的反应倾向，研究人员要求一部分儿童使用相同的量表对6张面部图片所显示的情绪进行评分。在男孩中未发现每日情绪变异性与年龄之间的预期关系，在女孩中这种关系较小。然而，年龄与平均情绪状态之间存在线性关系，年龄较大的参与者报告的平均情绪状态更烦躁，尤其是更轻微的消极状态。对面部评分中不存在年龄差异表明，这种关系不能归因于反应倾向的年龄差异。因此，这些发现几乎没有支持青春期的开始与情绪性增加相关这一假设，但表明与这个年龄段相关的日常经历有显著变化。
