幼兒因應負向情緒方式之研究

Children's Perspectives on Coping with Negative Emotions

金瑞芝(Jui-Chih Chin)

《兒童與教育研究》 8期 (2013/01) Pp. 47-84

摘要

本研究旨在探討幼兒因應負向情緒的方式與情緒種類、情緒起因、及父母因應幼兒負向情緒風格之間的關係。研究樣本為台北縣市，一百零二位大班幼兒及其母親（或主要照顧者）。研究乃以假設情境故事訪談及父母因應幼兒負向情緒風格問卷來收集資料，並以卡方及擴大中位數考驗分析資料。研究結果顯示：（一）幼兒因應負向情緒的策略與不同情緒種類有關，在生氣時更傾向建議找他人求助，在難過時則較傾向忍耐。（二）當生氣情緒由他人所引發、相較於自己遭遇困難時，幼兒更傾向找他人求助；反之，於他人所引發的難過與害怕，則傾向忍耐。（三）不同情緒起因與隱藏情緒意願有關。（四）高表達高抑制比低表達高抑制風格的父母，其幼兒選擇以向外求助策略者較多；而低表達高抑制父母，其幼兒隱藏情緒意願最高。

關鍵字

因應負向情緒方式 ； 因應策略 ； 隱藏情緒 ； 父母因應幼兒負向情緒風格

並列摘要

The study was aimed to explore children's perspectives on coping with negative emotions (including coping strategies and the will for hiding emotion), and their relationships with the nature of emotions, types of causes (social and non-social), and parental styles of coping with children's negative emotions. There were 102 children and their primary caregivers participating in this study. The data were collected by interviews with children and questionnaires administered to their primary caregivers. The results showed that, as compared to sadness and fear, children were inclined to ask for others' help when angry; whereas they tended to endure when sad. Children tended to suggest the strategy of seeking others' help when anger was elicited by others, whereas endurance was suggested when sadness and fear were other-related. With regard to the will for hiding emotion, no differences were found among three negative emotions. Yet, the types of causes mattered. Lastly, children of parents with high expressive/high minimizing coping style suggested the strategy of asking help much more than those of parents with low expressive/high minimizing style. The will for hiding emotion was most often expressed by children with low expressive/high minimizing parental coping style.

並列關鍵字

Coping with negative emotions ； Coping strategies ； Concealing emotions ； Parental coping with children's negative emotions