TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental Socialization of Emotion
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Cumberland, Amanda
AU - Spinrad, Tracy
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this article was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (DBS-9208375) and from the National Institute of Mental Health (1 R01 HH55052), as well as a Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (KO5 M801321) to Nancy Eisenberg.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Recently, there has been a resurgence of research on emotion, including the socialization of emotion. In this article, a heuristic model of factors contributing to the socialization of emotion is presented. Then literature relevant to the socialization of children's emotion and emotion-related behavior by parents is reviewed, including (a) parental reactions to children's emotions, (b) socializers' discussion of emotion, and (c) socializers' expression of emotion. The relevant literature is not conclusive and most of the research is correlational. However, the existing body of data provides initial support for the view that parental socialization practices have effects on children's emotional and social competence and that the socialization process is bidirectional. In particular, parental negative emotionality and negative reactions to children's expression of emotion are associated with children's negative emotionality and low social competence. In addition, possible moderators of effects such as level of emotional arousal are discussed.
AB - Recently, there has been a resurgence of research on emotion, including the socialization of emotion. In this article, a heuristic model of factors contributing to the socialization of emotion is presented. Then literature relevant to the socialization of children's emotion and emotion-related behavior by parents is reviewed, including (a) parental reactions to children's emotions, (b) socializers' discussion of emotion, and (c) socializers' expression of emotion. The relevant literature is not conclusive and most of the research is correlational. However, the existing body of data provides initial support for the view that parental socialization practices have effects on children's emotional and social competence and that the socialization process is bidirectional. In particular, parental negative emotionality and negative reactions to children's expression of emotion are associated with children's negative emotionality and low social competence. In addition, possible moderators of effects such as level of emotional arousal are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327965pli0904_1
DO - 10.1207/s15327965pli0904_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032236522
SN - 1047-840X
VL - 9
SP - 241
EP - 273
JO - Psychological Inquiry
JF - Psychological Inquiry
IS - 4
ER -