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The relations of emotionality and regulation to children's anger-related reactions.
Child Dev. 1994 Feb; 65(1):109-28.CD

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of emotionality (intensity and negative emotion) and regulation (attentional control, mode of coping) to preschoolers' naturally occurring anger reactions. School personnel's ratings of 4-6-year-olds' constructive coping and attentional control were associated with boys' constructive anger reactions whereas their ratings of acting out versus avoidant coping, emotional intensity, and anger intensity generally were correlated with low levels of constructive reactions to anger. Mothers' reports of children's constructive coping and low emotional intensity were associated with children's use of nonabusive language to deal with anger, whereas aggressive coping and negative emotionality were associated with escape behavior when angered. The findings are consistent with the conclusion that individual differences in emotionality and regulatory skills are associated with children's constructive versus nonconstructive anger reactions.

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Eisenberg N
Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1104.
Fabes RA
No affiliation info available
Nyman M
No affiliation info available
Bernzweig J
No affiliation info available
Pinuelas A
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MeSH

Adaptation, PsychologicalAngerChild BehaviorChild, PreschoolEmotionsFemaleHumansMalePsychology, ChildVerbal Behavior

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8131642

Citation

Eisenberg, N, et al. "The Relations of Emotionality and Regulation to Children's Anger-related Reactions." Child Development, vol. 65, no. 1, 1994, pp. 109-28.
Eisenberg N, Fabes RA, Nyman M, et al. The relations of emotionality and regulation to children's anger-related reactions. Child Dev. 1994;65(1):109-28.
Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A., Nyman, M., Bernzweig, J., & Pinuelas, A. (1994). The relations of emotionality and regulation to children's anger-related reactions. Child Development, 65(1), 109-28.
Eisenberg N, et al. The Relations of Emotionality and Regulation to Children's Anger-related Reactions. Child Dev. 1994;65(1):109-28. PubMed PMID: 8131642.
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