Free-Labeling Facial Expressions and Emotional Situations in Children Aged 3-7 Years: Developmental Trajectory and a Face Inferiority Effect

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Zhenhong; Lü, Wei; Zhang, Hui; Surina, Alyssa
Titel	Free-Labeling Facial Expressions and Emotional Situations in Children Aged 3-7 Years: Developmental Trajectory and a Face Inferiority Effect
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 38 (2014) 6, S.487-498 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025414531462
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Nonverbal Communication; Emotional Response; Emotional Development; Age Differences; Labeling (of Persons); Child Development; Preschool Children; Elementary School Students; Early Childhood Education; Photography; Pictorial Stimuli; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Emotionales Verhalten; Gefühlsbildung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Labeling-Ansatz; Kindesentwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Fotografie; Fantasieanregung
Abstract	Chinese children (N = 185, aged 3-7 years) were assessed on their abilities to freely label facial expressions and emotional situations. Results indicated that the overall accuracy of free-labeling facial expressions increased relatively quickly in children aged 3-5 years, but slowed down in children aged 5-7 years. In contrast, the overall accuracy of free-labeling emotional situations increased continuously in children aged 3-7 years. In the free-labeling facial expression tasks, children produced labels for happiness, anger, and sadness more easily than fear, surprise, and disgust; in the free-labeling of emotional situation tasks, children produced labels for happiness and sadness more easily than fear, anger, surprise, and disgust. Children performed better on free-labeling emotional situations than on free-labeling facial expressions, especially for happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, and disgust, which confirmed the Face Inferiority Effect. Moreover, the Face Inferiority Effect could be obviously observed in children aged 4 years and became more pronounced with age. Additionally, Bullock & Russell's model was partly supported in the present study. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10