Emotion Coaching Intervention for Chinese Mothers of Preschoolers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Preschoolers’ emotional development typically hinges on the family emotional climate and their interactions with caregivers. This study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the treatment efficacy of an emotion coaching parenting intervention culturally adapted from the Tuning in to Kids ® (...

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Published in:Child psychiatry and human development 2022-02, Vol.53 (1), p.61-75
Main Authors: Qiu, Chen, Shum, Kathy Kar-man
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Caregivers
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and School Psychology
Children
China
Clinical trials
Coaching
Control Groups
Efficacy
Emotional development
Emotions
Female
Humans
Intervention
Mentoring
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Original Article
Parenthood education
Parenting - psychology
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Preschool children
Psychiatry
Psychology
Randomized Controlled Trials
Responsiveness
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Summary:Preschoolers’ emotional development typically hinges on the family emotional climate and their interactions with caregivers. This study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the treatment efficacy of an emotion coaching parenting intervention culturally adapted from the Tuning in to Kids ® (TIK) program in enhancing Chinese mothers’ emotional responsiveness in parenting. A total of eighty-nine mothers with preschoolers were randomly assigned to either the intervention or waitlist control group. The TIK group received six weekly sessions of intervention on emotion coaching parenting training. The training significantly improved participating mothers’ positive involvement and the use of emotion coaching in their parenting practices. More expressive encouragement and emotion-focused reactions to children’s emotion expression, and less punitive parenting and emotional dismissing were also found in the mothers after training. Our findings provided the first evidence in a non-Western sample to support the effectiveness of such program in enhancing parents’ efficacy in facilitating their children’s emotional development.
ISSN:0009-398X
1573-3327
DOI:10.1007/s10578-020-01101-6