Gender Differences in Mother-Child Conversations About Shame and Pride in a Hungarian Sample

Abstract: Although meta-analytic reviews repeatedly found significant gender differences in the experiences of shame and pride throughout the life span, to date, gender differences in conversations about these emotions have not been studied. Our research was aimed at investigating the effect of child gender on maternal conversational style in and emotional content of mother-child conversations about shame- and pride-related past events in preschool years. Fifty four mother—preschool child dyads (52% girls, children’s age M = 70.36 months [SD = 8.13], mothers’ age M = 37.51 years [SD = 3.70]) from middle class Hungarian families were asked to talk about two past events, one in which children felt ashamed, and one in which they felt proud. The conversations were transcribed and coded for maternal conversational style and for emotional content. Maternal conversational style was indicated by maternal elaboration and evaluation of the child’s contributions. Emotional content was indicated by spec.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/2859

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Gender Differences in Mother-Child Conversations About Shame and Pride in a Hungarian Sample ; volume:17 ; number:2 ; day:31 ; month:05 ; year:2021 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 17, Heft 2 (31.05.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Pohárnok, Melinda ; Láng, András

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.2859
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021072405104651989268
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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