Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy and the Emotional Life of Families: Theoretical Models and Preliminary Data

This article introduces the concepts of parental meta-emotion, which refers to parents' emotions about their own and their children's emotions, and meta-emotion philosophy, which refers to an organized set of thoughts and metaphors, a philosophy, and an approach to one's own emotions...

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Published in:Journal of family psychology 1996-09, Vol.10 (3), p.243-268
Main Authors: Gottman, John M, Katz, Lynn Fainsilber, Hooven, Carole
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childrearing Practices
Emotional Control
Emotional States
Families
Female
Human
Influences
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Meta-emotion
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Summary:This article introduces the concepts of parental meta-emotion, which refers to parents' emotions about their own and their children's emotions, and meta-emotion philosophy, which refers to an organized set of thoughts and metaphors, a philosophy, and an approach to one's own emotions and to one's children's emotions. In the context of a longitudinal study beginning when the children were 5 years old and ending when they were 8 years old, a theoretical model and path analytic models are presented that relate parental meta-emotion philosophy to parenting, to child regulatory physiology, to emotion regulation abilities in the child, and to child outcomes in middle childhood.
ISSN:0893-3200
1939-1293
DOI:10.1037/0893-3200.10.3.243