A majority of 5- and 6-year-olds can describe metacognitive emotion regulation strategies when asked about familiar hypothetical situations with multiple prompts¶
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q3 i? In Study 1, 52% of kindergarten children reported at least one metacognitive regulation strategy (changing thoughts or goals) for story protagonists. → Davis 2010
Evidence¶
Davis 2010¶
Davis, E. L., Levine, L. J., Lench, H. C., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Metacognitive Emotion Regulation: Children’s Awareness that Changing Thoughts and Goals Can Alleviate Negative Emotions. Emotion, 10(4), 498–510. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018428
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Interview study of 80 kindergarten children (ages 5;1–6;5) who heard four familiar narratives and answered multiple probe questions about how protagonists could feel better. The article reports "More than half of the children in this study (52%) reported at least one metacognitive regulation strategy."
"More than half of the children in this study (52%) reported at least one metacognitive regulation strategy."
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Related Claims¶
- In hypothetical scenarios, 5- and 6-year-olds most often suggest goal reinstatement and goal substitution, and their strategies do not differ for sadness versus anger — related
- When recalling their own experiences, 5- and 6-year-olds use metacognitive strategies more to alleviate sadness and fear than anger — related
- Children's emotion-specific strategy use emerges for autobiographical events but not hypothetical stories, suggesting personal experience supports flexible regulation — related
- Five- and six-year-olds describe changing thoughts more often than changing goals as a metacognitive strategy — related
- Communicating feelings of difficulty is significantly associated with six-year-olds' deployment of metacognition and self-regulation, with the exception of planning — related
- Younger children (3–5-year-olds) answered story comprehension questions less accurately than all older age groups — related
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A majority of 5- and 6-year-olds can describe metacognitive emotion regulation strategies when asked about familiar hypothetical situations with multiple prompts |
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A majority of 5- and 6-year-olds can describe metacognitive emotion regulation strategies when asked about familiar hypothetical situations with multiple prompts |
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