Children's observed negative emotional expressivity in the classroom declined on average from kindergarten to first grade, with significant individual differences in trajectories¶

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q2 i? Negative emotional expressivity declined by 0.008 points per semester on average, with significant variability in intercepts and slopes. → Hernández 2018

Evidence¶

Hernández 2018¶

Hernández, M. M., Eisenberg, N., Valiente, C., Thompson, M. S., Spinrad, T. L., Grimm, K. J., VanSchyndel, S. K., Berger, R. H., Silva, K. M., Pina, A. A., Southworth, J., & Gal, D. E. (2018). Trajectories of the Expression of Negative Emotion from Kindergarten to First Grade: Associations with Academic Outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000213

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Latent growth curve analysis of observer-rated negative expressivity across four semesters (N = 301) found the linear model fit best (CFI = 1.002, RMSEA = .00). The article reports "On average, negative emotional expressivity scores declined 0.008 points from one semester to the next."

"On average, negative emotional expressivity scores declined 0.008 points from one semester to the next. There was significant variability across students in the intercept and slope of negative emotional expressivity."

Discussion¶

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