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Actualidades en psicología

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Abstract

NOLIVOS, Virginia  and  LEYVA, Diana. Fun and frustrations: Low-income Chilean parents reminiscing with their children about past emotional experiences. Actual. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.115, pp. 31-48. ISSN 0258-6444.

One way in which parents support the development of children's socioemotional abilities is through reminiscing about emotional experiences. This study: a) investigated how low-income Chilean families through reminiscing label, explain, and reason about emotionally positive and negative experiences; and b) documented the emotional narrative themes that families discuss. Sixty-two parents and their preschoolers were videotaped reminiscing about a time when the child was happy and a time when the child was unhappy. Half of the children were girls. Narratives were transcribed and coded for a variety of emotion-content categories. Results showed that conversations about negative experiences were richer in emotional content (emotional states, facial expressions, emotional evaluations, emotion causes, emotion consequences, and mind-emotion connections) than positive conversations. Dyads more often discussed outing themes when reminiscing about positive experiences and peer confl ict themes when reminiscing about negative experiences. This work can inform interventions targeting low-income families in Latin America.

Keywords : Latino; reminiscing; narratives; emotion; preschool.

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