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Daily emotional states as reported by children and adolescents

Larson, Reed, Lampman-Petraitis, Claudia·1989·Child Development

Abstract

Hour-to-hour emotional states reported by children, ages 9-15, were examined in order to evaluate the hypothesis that the onset of adolescence is associated with increased emotional variability. These youths carried electronic pagers for 1 week and filled out reports on their emotional states in response to signals received at random times. To evaluate possible age-related response sets, a subset of children was asked to use the same scales to rate the emotions shown in drawings of 6 faces. The expected relation between daily emotional variability and age was not found among the boys and was small among the girls. There was, however, a linear relation between age and average mood states, with the older participants reporting more dysphoric average states, especially more mildly negative states. An absence of age difference in the ratings of the faces indicated that this relation could not be attributed to age differences in response set. Thus, these findings provide little support for the hypothesis that the onset of adolescence is associated with increased emotionality but indicate significant alterations in everyday experience associated with this age period.

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Authors
Larson, R., & Lampman-Petraitis, C.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Venue
Child Development
Published
1989-10
Volume
60
Issue
5
Pages
1250
ISSN
0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2071942552
Cited by
231
References
0
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FWCI
5.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh038324-08)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (1 R01 MH38324)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
emotional variability, adolescence, mood states, age differences, children, adolescents, response sets, facial expressions, emotionality
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child Development, Psychology, Child, Emotions, Face, Female, Humans, Male, Semantic Differential, Sex Factors

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