Remember children's emotions: Sources of concordant and discordant accounts between parents and children

Parents were asked to recall recent events that had evoked happiness, sadness, anger, and fear in their children. Children ( N = 77, 2 years 3 months to 6 years 6 months) indicated whether they remembered each event, and if so, they described the event and how it had made them feel. Agreement betwee...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1999-05, Vol.35 (3), p.790-801
Main Authors: Levine, Linda J., Stein, Nancy L., Liwag, Maria D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Anger
Emotional States
Experiences (Events)
Fear
Happiness
Human
Memory
Parents
Retention
Sadness
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Summary:Parents were asked to recall recent events that had evoked happiness, sadness, anger, and fear in their children. Children ( N = 77, 2 years 3 months to 6 years 6 months) indicated whether they remembered each event, and if so, they described the event and how it had made them feel. Agreement between parent and child concerning how the child felt varied as a function of emotion. Children agreed with their parents' emotion attributions most often for events that parents recalled as having evoked happiness and sadness, less often for fear, and least often for anger. Children disagreed with parents' attributions of happiness and sadness most often when parents and children differed concerning the attribution of children's goals. Discordant reports about children's anger were most frequent when parents and children reported conflicting goals. Discordant reports about fear were most frequent when parents and children focused on different parts of the temporal sequence surrounding the event. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.35.3.790