Measuring Nonverbal Expression of Feelings in Parent-Child Interactions: A Dilemma and a Solution.

Autor/inn/en	Bradley, Loretta J.; Rogers, Frances A.
Titel	Measuring Nonverbal Expression of Feelings in Parent-Child Interactions: A Dilemma and a Solution.
Quelle	(1981), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Communication Research; Emotional Response; Nonverbal Communication; Parent Child Relationship; Parents; Preschool Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsforschung; Emotionales Verhalten; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Eltern; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	Thirty parents, 8 males and 22 females, whose children were enrolled in kindergarten, participated in this study, designed to elicit parents' nonverbal expression of feeling toward their children. Two faceless, 30-inch unisex dolls were designed to represent the child. Depending on the situation, the dolls were dressed as either male or female or as black or white. Parents, after completing the Jourards's Self-Disclosure Questionnaire (SDQ), were asked to demonstrate nonverbally how the situation made him/her feel toward the child (i.e. the doll), and to indicate nonverbally specific feeling evoked by that situation. Using the Nonverbal Emotional Response Test (NERT), designed for this study, parents' nonverbal responses to the stimulus situations were recorded and scored. Results indicated a positive relationship between the amount of information disclosed on the SDQ by parents and their expression of nonverbal feeling. As an implication of this study, the suggestion is made that as spouses reveal their inner thoughts and values more openly to each other they will in turn provide a similar, open relationship between themselves and their children. (Author/MP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC