CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING: A LITERATURE REVIEW

UMA REVISÃO DA LITERATURA

Authors

  • Ana Beatriz Mota e Souza Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Deise Maria Leal Fernandes Mendes Psicóloga. Docente e coordenadora-adjunta do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Stella Rabello Kappler Psicóloga. Mestre e doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2021v27n1p224-244

Keywords:

Emotions, Emotion comprehension, Socialization of emotions, Emotional development, Emotional expertise

Abstract

Emotional understanding is a very important skill for the child’s emotional development, and is related to social adjustment and academic adroitness. The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of scholar research on this theme in the last ten years, in order to foster advance in new inquires on this domain. For this purpose, searches were conducted in two databases and, after using the exclusion criteria, 32 articles were selected. A few categories were designed to analyze the studies. A higher concentration of studies was found among European and North American countries, and in children from 0 to 5 years old. It is concluded that there is a need for Brazilian studies on the subject to explore the cultural diversity of the country.

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Author Biography

Ana Beatriz Mota e Souza, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Psicóloga do Comando da Aeronáutica.

Mestre e doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Published

2021-04-30

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