Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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The Effect of Mother's Reactions to Children's Negative Emotions on Children's Peer Relations : The Mediating Role of Children's Empathy and Emotional Regulation Types

아동의 부정적 정서표현에 대한 어머니 반응이 또래관계에 미치는 영향에서 아동의 공감과 정서조절 방식의 매개효과

  • Received : 2015.01.31
  • Accepted : 2015.04.12
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

The study examined the pathways from maternal reactions to children's negative emotions to children's peer relations through children's empathy and emotional regulation. The participants in this study comprised 463 elementary school 4th-6th graders. They completed questionnaires on maternal reactions to children's negative emotions, levels of children's empathy, maladaptive emotion regulation types and skill levels of children's peer relations. Data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling. It was found that in the case of maternal emotion coaching reactions, when done indirectly, as well as directly, had an influence on their levels of peer relations. On the other hand, in the case of over-sensitive maternal reactions, when done indirectly, but not directly, had an influence on their levels of peer relations. Therefore, these results indicate that children's empathy mediated the effects of maternal emotion coaching and over-sensitive reactions on peer relations. It also found that there are distinct pathways from maternal reaction types to children's negative emotions to peer relations through empathy and maladaptive emotion regulation types.

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