The Impact of Developing Social Perspective-taking Skills on Emotionality in Middle and Late Childhood
(2011) In Social Development 20(2). p.353-375- 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 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... (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. (Less)
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- Bengtsson, Hans LU and Arvidsson, Åsa LU
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- 2011
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- perspective taking, emotion regulation, middle childhood, late childhood
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- Social Development
- volume
- 20
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 353 - 375
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000289480400008
- scopus:79954571913
- ISSN
- 0961-205X
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00587.x
- project
- The multifaceted nature of social competence during middle childhood
- language
- English
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- yes
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title = {{The Impact of Developing Social Perspective-taking Skills on Emotionality in Middle and Late Childhood}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00587.x}},
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