Kumluca Health Sciences Faculty, Child Development Department, Akdeniz University, Temel Eğitim Mah. Spor Cad. No: 14, Kumluca, Antalya, Turkey.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Child Development Department, Ankara University, Tepebaşı, Fatih Cd. No:197/A, Keçiören, Ankara, PK: 06290, Turkey.
BMC Psychol. 2024 May 30;12(1):314. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01817-3.
Examining children's abilities to recognize and regulate their emotions in the context of parental neglect is of significant importance in order to comprehend the dynamics of and to support the development of emotional skills of children, particularly those at risk of neglect. From this point of view, the aim of the study was to examine the mediating role of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) in the relationship between parental neglect and cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) in children.
The study group consisted of 265 children (135 girls and 130 boys) who were attending two separate primary schools in the city center of Antalya, Turkey. The mean age of the children was 10.27 ± 0.45. As the data gathering instruments, an "Individual Information Form" was administered to assess the socio-demographic information of the children, while the "Multidimensional Neglectful Behavior Scale-Child Report was administered to examine the level of neglect of children by the parents, the "Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Child Form" was administered to assess the trait emotional intelligence level, and the "Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies for Children Scale" was administered to assess the CERS of the children.
It was found that trait EI played a full mediator role in the relationship between CERS and both maternal and paternal neglect (p < .05), except for the relationship between paternal neglect and maladaptive CERS (p > .05).
The results may suggest that neglected children use all emotion regulation skills, including both adaptive and maladaptive, to cope with their negative emotional experience, but may use adaptive CERS more if their trait EI is higher.
研究父母忽视背景下儿童识别和调节情绪的能力对于理解儿童情绪技能的发展动态以及支持儿童情绪技能的发展具有重要意义，尤其是对于那些有被忽视风险的儿童。从这个角度来看，本研究的目的是检验特质情绪智力（trait EI）在父母忽视与儿童认知情绪调节策略（CERS）之间关系中的中介作用。
研究组由 265 名儿童（135 名女孩和 130 名男孩）组成，他们分别就读于土耳其安塔利亚市中心的两所不同的小学。儿童的平均年龄为 10.27±0.45 岁。作为数据收集工具，使用“个人信息表”评估儿童的社会人口统计学信息，同时使用“多维忽视行为量表-儿童报告”评估儿童的父母忽视程度，使用“特质情绪智力问卷-儿童形式”评估儿童的特质情绪智力水平，以及使用“儿童认知情绪调节策略量表”评估儿童的 CERS。
研究发现，特质 EI 在 CERS 与父母双方忽视之间的关系中发挥了完全中介作用（p<0.05），但在父亲忽视与适应性 CERS 之间的关系中则没有（p>0.05）。
研究结果可能表明，被忽视的儿童会使用所有的情绪调节技能，包括适应性和非适应性的技能，来应对他们的负面情绪体验，但如果他们的特质 EI 较高，他们可能会更多地使用适应性 CERS。
