Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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The Influence of Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy on Children's Social Competence: The Mediating Effect of Children's Emotion Regulation

부모상위정서철학이 학령기 아동의 사회적 유능성에 미치는 영향: 아동의 정서조절능력의 매개효과 검증

  • 원숙연 (성균관대학교 아동청소년학과) ;
  • 송하나 (성균관대학교 아동청소년학과)
  • Received : 2015.03.08
  • Accepted : 2015.04.09
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

This study created a structural model of the influence of paternal and maternal meta-emotion philosophy and children's emotion regulation in terms of their social competence and confirmed the nature of the relationship among the variables. For the purpose of this study, data was collected, targeting 363 children in the $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ elementary school grades from schools located in Seoul. The main results of this study were as follows: First, both paternal and maternal meta-emotion philosophy had an influence on children's emotion regulation and emotion dysregulation. Next, paternal and maternal meta-emotion philosophy did not appear to have a significant influence on children's social competence in a direct manner. The complete mediation effect of emotion regulation in regards to the influence of paternal and maternal meta-emotion philosophy upon children's social competence was confirmed. It was also found that parental meta-emotion philosophy had an influence upon children's social competence in an indirect manner through children's emotion regulation in the period of middle childhood.

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