Talking about feelings: Young children's ability to express emotions

被引：23

作者：

Aldridge, M

Wood, J

机构：

[1] School of English and Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor, North Wales

[2] School of English and Linguistics, University of Wales, Gwynedd, North Wales

来源：

CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT | 1997年 / 21卷 / 12期

关键词：

children; understanding emotions; interviews;

D O I：

10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00097-5

中图分类号：

D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

1204 ;

摘要：

Objective: The aim is to establish which emotion-descriptive language is used by children at different ages. Method: Fifty-six children (aged 5 to 11 years) were presented with a set of plastic playpeople. Scenarios were enacted using the toys to elicit emotion descriptive vocabulary in response to the interviewer's question: How do you think s/he feels about that? Eight adult subjects participated as a control. Results: Children under the age of 8 years have a limited repertoire of labels to describe emotions. Even 11-year-olds are unable to produce vocabulary which expresses emotion concepts described by adults. The implications of our findings for child-police interviews are discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

引用

页码：1221 / 1233

页数：13

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