Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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The Effects of Young Children's Emotion Knowledge on Their Autobiographical Memory : With a Focus on the Mediation of Negative Emotionality

유아의 정서지식이 자전적 기억에 미치는 영향 : 부정적 정서성의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2012.06.05
  • Accepted : 2012.07.19
  • Published : 2012.08.31
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Abstract

This study investigated the relationships among emotion knowledge, negative emotionality, and autobiographical memory in a sample of 131 three- to five-year-old children attending day care center in seoul. The collected data were analyzed using simple regression and hierarchical multiple regression. The main results of this study were as follows. First, children's emotion knowledge exerted negative effects on their negative emotionality. Second, children's negative emotionality had a positive influence on their autobiographical memory. Finally, the effect of children's emotion knowledge on their autobiographical memory was partially mediated by their negative emotionality. These findings provide a preliminary evidence that children's emotion knowledge and negative emotionality may predict their autobiographical memory.

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