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Ensor, Rosie; Spencer, Debra; Hughes, Claire – Social Development, 2011
Early individual differences in prosocial behaviors are pivotal for children's peer relationships. To investigate the interplay among verbal ability, emotion understanding, and mother-child mutuality as predictors of prosocial behaviors, we observed 102 children at the ages of two, three, and four. All time points included verbal ability and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Path Analysis
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Warren, Heather K.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Social Development, 2008
Preschoolers' ability to demonstrate awareness of their own emotion is an important socio-emotional competence which has received increasing attention in the developmental literature. The present study examined emotion self-awareness of happiness, sadness, and anger in response to a delay of gratification task in 78 preschool children. Maternal…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Socialization, Delay of Gratification, Preschool Children
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Reese, Elaine; Bird, Amy; Tripp, Gail – Social Development, 2007
The current study has two aims: (1) to examine associations between the emotional content of parent-child past event conversations and two aspects of children's self-concept--moral self and self-esteem; and (2) to examine the degree to which talk about past events is uniquely associated with self-concept when compared with talk about ongoing…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Foreign Countries, Emotional Development, Parent Child Relationship