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Anger Expression and Persistence in Young Children
Author(s) -
He Jie,
Xu Qinmei,
Degnan Kathryn Amey
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
social development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.078
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1467-9507
pISSN - 0961-205X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00622.x
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , anger , psychology , expression (computer science) , developmental psychology , task (project management) , social psychology , geotechnical engineering , management , computer science , engineering , economics , programming language
This study investigated anger expression during toy removal (TR) in 92 young Chinese children, two to five years of age, and its relations to their persistence in responding to obstacles during two challenging tasks with highly desirable goals [TR and locked box (LB)] and one challenging task with a less desirable goal [impossible perfect circles (IPC)]. Anger expression during TR was positively associated with persistence during TR and LB but not during IPC. The results highlighted the positive effects of anger in the development of persistence.