Availability of three-year-old kibbutz children to mothers and metapelets in two functional contexts

In this study of young kibbutz children, we considered similarities and differences between mother-child dyads and metapelet (nonmaternal female caregiver)-child dyads on their rates of mentioning positive and negative emotion states and emotion calls during narrative co-construction from a text-free picture book illustrating emotionally charged situations. Thirty-two kibbutz children approximately 3 years of age, their mothers, and their metaplot (i.e., plural of metapelet) were observed during co-construction from the picture book. All participants (mothers, metaplot, children with mothers, and children with metaplot) mentioned more negative emotion states and emitted more negative emotion calls than positive ones. Children mentioned less emotion states than adults. No differences were found between mothers and metaplot in the number of emotion states mentioned, but mothers used significantly more emotion calls than did the metaplot, and their children tended to reciprocate. The influence of the context and type of relationship on emotion regulation is discussed.

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Does the child’s actual participation make a difference? Positive and negative emotion states mentioned by mothers of young children during narrative construction

Landau

Yanay

Eshel

et al. 2006

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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The study examined the rate that mothers mentioned positive and negative emotion states and emotion calls during narrative construction from a text-free children’s picture book illustrating happy and emotionally charged situations. Ninety-three mothers of 3- to 4-year-old kibbutz children were divided into three groups: (1) the child was not present and not mentioned; (2) the child was not present, but was mentioned by the experimenter; and (3) the child co-constructed the narrative with his/her mother. Mothers mentioned significantly more negative emotion states in the co-construction group than in the two other groups; no difference was found for positive emotion states. Findings for emotion calls differed: mothers used more positive emotion calls in the second group than in the other groups, and they used more negative emotion calls in the second and third group than in the first group.

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Availability of three-year-old kibbutz children to mothers and metapelets in two functional contexts

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Does the child’s actual participation make a difference? Positive and negative emotion states mentioned by mothers of young children during narrative construction

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