Alexis Vatterott
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
UROP Fellowship: Center for Human Growth and Development
Research Mentor(s): Sheryl Olson, PhD
Department of Psychology
Presentation Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020 | Session 2 | Presenter Order: 1
Authors: Alexis Vattertot, Sujin Lee, Sheryl Olson
Abstract
Emotion socialization in early childhood has been evidenced by prior research as the foundation for emotional competence, adjustment, and a successful transition to Kindergarten. Research has emphasized the influential role of parents as children’s primary emotion socializers. In spite of this, we need further longitudinal research on long-term consequences of early emotion socialization from a life-span perspective, considering individual differences in emotional development across different life transitions. In this poster I briefly discuss emotion socialization in early childhood, it’s dyadic nature, and the importance of longitudinal data to construct a lifespan perspective of emotional development. Next, I describe preliminary analyses regarding associations between parent emotion socialization and child emotional competence at age three and the quality of children’s behavioral and emotional adjustment at age six. Participants were161 3-year-old boys and girls from the Michigan Longitudinal Study (Olson & Sameroff, 1997) who were videotaped completing the Emotion Stories Task with their mothers in their homes then reevaluated following their transition to Kindergarten via teacher and parent report questionnaires (5.5-6years) . Our findings indicate longitudinal associations between early emotion socialization children’s later adjustment outcomes, therefore further emphasizing the need for a life-span approach to studying the sequelae of emotion socialization across development. If emotion socialization in the preschool years can account for emotional competencies in Kindergarten, it is possible that emotional competencies established in this period are indicative of outcomes extending into emerging adulthood.
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