Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Oct;84:74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.07.018. Epub 2018 Jul 29.
The relationship between mothers' negative emotional expression and preschoolers' negative emotional regulation has been a topic of debate. Studies have confirmed the unique effect of maternal education on children's emotional regulation. Further understanding of the role of maternal educational attainment in the relationship between mothers' emotional expression and children's emotional regulation strategies will help us better explain the possible reasons for the differences in children's emotional regulation abilities. In this study, 503 Chinese mother-child dyads were recruited. The Chinese version of the Self-Expressiveness in the Family Questionnaire (SEFQ) was used to measure the mothers' negative emotional expression, and the Emotional Regulatory Strategy Questionnaire (ERQ) was used to measure the children's negative emotional regulation strategies. The results indicated that mothers' negative emotional expression was positively related to children's negative emotional regulation strategies. Moreover, maternal educational attainment moderated this relationship. The findings of the current study demonstrate the importance of mothers' educational background, providing an important supplement to and extension of previous research on family emotions.
母亲的消极情绪表达与学龄前儿童的消极情绪调节之间的关系一直是一个有争议的话题。研究已经证实了母亲教育对儿童情绪调节的独特影响。进一步了解母亲教育程度在母亲情绪表达与儿童情绪调节策略之间关系中的作用，将有助于我们更好地解释儿童情绪调节能力差异的可能原因。本研究招募了 503 对中**庭母子。采用家庭内自我表达问卷（SEFQ）的中文版来衡量母亲的消极情绪表达，采用情绪调节策略问卷（ERQ）来衡量儿童的消极情绪调节策略。结果表明，母亲的消极情绪表达与儿童的消极情绪调节策略呈正相关。此外，母亲的教育程度调节了这种关系。本研究的结果表明了母亲教育背景的重要性，为家庭情绪的相关研究提供了重要的补充和扩展。
