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1. Emotion labelling and
generation of emotion regulation strategies:
contribution for young children´s adjustment
Natalia Alonso-Alberca & Ana I. Vergara
University of the Basque Country
7th European Conference on Positive Psychology
Amsterdam, 1-4 July 2014
3. Set of abilities to monitor one's own and
others' emotions, to discriminate among
them, and to use the information to guide
one's thinking and actions
(Salovey & Mayer, 1990)
Ability model
Perceiving
Understanding
Managing
Using
(Mayer & Salovey, 1997)
(Mayer, Roberts, & Barsade, 2008)
(Martins, Ramalho, & Morin, 2010)
(Schutte, Malouff, Thorsteinnson, Bhullar, & Rooke, 2007)
(Zeidner, Roberts, & Matthews, 2008)
Emotional Intelligence (EI)
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5. Aims & participants
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Study the predictive role of emotion knowledge and
emotion regulation knowledge on behaviour.
a. Emotional abilities are related to lower externalizing problems.
b. Emotional abilities relates to higher of adaptive skills.
N = 250 (3 to 6 years old)
Mmonths = 53,87 (R = 35-72)
Madrid (Spain)
14,4%
14,8%
18,4%
16%
18,4%
18%
3 years old
5 years old4 years old
BoysGirls
15. Conclusions
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1. EK & ERK increase knowledge about child´s adjustment.
2. EI can be of help for better understanding child´s
behaviour.
3. Help the child to name emotions, and to generate diverse
and effective strategies.
4. Sadness and anger show different profiles in behaviour
prediction
5. Interventions design and effectiveness.
6. Usefull for cross-cultural research.
16. The final aim…
is to contribute valuable information
to help children to develop
resources
to deal with difficult situations in
positive ways…
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