scholarly journals Cognitive and Affective Perspective-Taking Ability of Young Bilinguals in South Korea

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinae Han ◽  
Kangyi Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Affective Perspective Taking

Emotion understanding and reconciliation in overt and relational conflict scenarios among preschoolers

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zongqing Liao ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Yanjie Su
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Overt Aggression ◽  
Emotion Recognition Ability ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation ◽  
Affective Perspective Taking

This study examined emotion understanding and reconciliation in 47 (24 girls) 4–6-year-old preschool children. Participants first completed emotion recognition tasks and then answered questions regarding reconciliation tendencies and affective perspective-taking in a series of overt and relational aggressive conflict scenarios. Children’s teachers reported their overt aggression, relational aggression, and prosocial behaviors in daily life. The results indicated that children’s emotion recognition ability was associated with their reconciliation tendency in both types of conflict scenarios. Furthermore, children’s affective perspective-taking in conflicts was associated with their reconciliation tendencies in the overt aggression conflict scenarios, but not in the relational aggression conflict scenarios. Additionally, we found that children’s affective perspective-taking in overt aggression conflict scenarios was associated with their daily prosocial behaviors. The results suggest that the ability of detecting and recognizing others’ emotions may facilitate conflict reconciliation and positive peer interactions.

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