Parental meta-emotion structure predicts family and child outcomes

Constructing an understanding of mind: The development of children's social understanding within social interaction

“…In addition, mothers who think of their children in mentalistic terms ("mindmindedness"), and therefore, presumably talk to their children about the psychological world, have children who are more advanced in understanding beliefs than are other children (Meins & Fernyhough 1999;Meins et al 1998). Similar correlations between family interaction and the development of children's understanding of emotions have also been reported (e.g., Dunn et al 1991b;Hooven et al 1995;Kuebli et al 1995;Steele et al 1999). In a longitudinal study, Astington and Jenkins (1999) found that earlier language abilities predict later false belief performance but earlier false belief competence does not predict later language abilities, supporting the conclusion that language is important in social cognitive development.…”

“…It is important to acknowledge that relationships involve the child as well as the parent, and, although the influence of parents tends to be emphasized, that characteristics of the child also influence the nature of the parent-child relationship (Bell 1968;Symons & Clark 2000). Parents' ability to engage with their child may be influenced by their beliefs about parenting (e.g., Baumrind 1991; Ruffman et al 1999; Vinden 2001) and emotions (Hooven et al 1995), as well as by the parents' level of stress, depression and psychiatric disorders, patience, social support, socioeconomic circumstances, and education.…”

“…It is important to acknowledge that relationships involve the child as well as the parent, and, although the influence of parents tends to be emphasized, that characteristics of the child also influence the nature of the parent-child relationship (Bell 1968;Symons & Clark 2000). Parents' ability to engage with their child may be influenced by their beliefs about parenting (e.g., Baumrind 1991; Ruffman et al 1999; Vinden 2001) and emotions (Hooven et al 1995), as well as by the parents' level of stress, depression and psychiatric disorders, patience, social support, socioeconomic circumstances, and education.On the other hand, the extent to which parents can be cooperative and can support the child's reasoning will partly depend on, and interact with, the child's abilities and characteristics. The child's developmental level may influence the nature of the relationship because children who are more advanced in language and social cognitive development may be easier to interact with in a cooperative manner.…”

The Emerging Field of Emotion Regulation: An Integrative Review

“…Under the rubric of social referencing, researchers have considered how adult emotion-expressive behavior alters children's ongoing behavior (Bandura, 1992;Campos & Stenberg, 1981), and Block (1971) has described the importance of parental investment in ego control. From an early age, nonverbal guidance is richly supplemented by emotion talk (Dunn & Brown, 1991;Hooven, Gottman, & Katz, 1995). One important question is how others' emotion regulatory suggestions interact with temperamental factors to shape what children say to themselves when they are on their own (Kopp, 1982;Luria, 1961).…”

Emocionalni život obitelji: roditeljske metaemocije, temperament djeteta i eksternalizirani i internalizirani problemi

“…Among recent approaches used to investigate the relationship between family and children's adjustment are those oriented toward the structure of parental meta-emotions and the functioning role of meta-emotions in children's development Hooven, Gottman, & Fainsilber Katz, 1995;Katz, Maliken, & Stettler, 2012). Gottman and collaborators emphasize the importance of parental meta-emotion structure for maintaining the family as a system.…”