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SELF‐CONTROL OF EMOTIONAL REACTIONS BY YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Terwogt Mark Meerum,
Schene Jan,
Harris Paul L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb01838.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , self control , task (project management) , management , economics
— Six‐year‐old children were instructed to adopt a detached or an involved attitude while they listened to a sad story. The effects of these instructions became clear by the children's self‐report using a non‐verbal emotion sccile, their way of reproducing the story they had to listen to, and their achievements on an unrelated picture‐memory task. Differences between boys and girls were found and discussed as well as the nature of some of the self‐control strategies reported by the children.