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The impact of developing social perspective-taking skills on emotionality in middle and late childhood
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Abstract A sample of 209 children was followed longitudinally to examine the impact of growing perspective-taking skills on positive and negative emotionality in middle and late childhood. Perspective-taking skills were assessed through interviews. Teachers rated children's emotional reactivity and capacity ... view more
A sample of 209 children was followed longitudinally to examine the impact of growing perspective-taking skills on positive and negative emotionality in middle and late childhood. Perspective-taking skills were assessed through interviews. Teachers rated children's emotional reactivity and capacity to regain a neutral state following emotional arousal. Analyses of contemporaneous data revealed that more developed perspective-taking skills were associated with moderate levels of emotional reactivity. In addition, in children with high emotional reactivity, good perspective-taking skills were associated with good capacity to regain a neutral affective state following emotional arousal. Longitudinal analyses revealed that children who made gains in perspective-taking skills over a two-year-period became more moderate in negative emotional reactivity and improved their ability to down-regulate strong positive emotions. The overall findings support the notion that children use perspective-taking skills as a tool for optimal regulation of emotional responses.... view less
Classification
Developmental Psychology
Free Keywords
perspective taking; emotion regulation; middle childhood; late childhood
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 353-375
Journal
Social Development, 20 (2011) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00587.x
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
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