Anger and Children's Socioemotional Development: Can Parenting Elicit a Positive Side to a Negative Emotion?

Autor/inn/en	Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Titel	Anger and Children's Socioemotional Development: Can Parenting Elicit a Positive Side to a Negative Emotion?
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21 (2012) 5, S.845-856 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-011-9545-1
Schlagwörter	Performance Based Assessment; Psychological Patterns; Parent Child Relationship; Infants; Child Rearing; Neighborhoods; Delay of Gratification; Mothers; Affective Behavior; Social Development; Emotional Development; Observation; Behavior Problems; Correlation; Self Control; Parenting Styles; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsermittlung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Kindererziehung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Mother; Mutter; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Beobachtung; Korrelation; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	This study examined the role of anger in infancy and its interaction with maternal warmth in predicting children's socioemotional development. Participants included a demographically diverse sample of 316 mothers and children from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) study. Infants were followed across 3 waves of data collection from birth through 5 years of age. Mothers reported on infant anger when children were approximately 4 months of age. Maternal warmth was assessed via observation at both 4 months and 2 years. Children's socioemotional outcomes were assessed at age 5, and included a direct assessment of delay of gratification and maternal reports of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Anger in infancy significantly predicted higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors at age 5. A main effect of anger on delay of gratification was not supported. However, anger in infancy moderated the association between maternal warmth and delay of gratification, such that only high-anger infants benefited from high maternal warmth. Similar interactive effects were not supported for problem behaviors. These results provide modest support for the differential susceptibility hypothesis, which proposes that highly reactive children are more susceptible to environmental risks and assets than other children. Specifically, findings suggest that although anger can increase children's vulnerability to problem behaviors, it can also be a motivating factor for self-regulation in the presence of supportive parenting. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10