Does Parent-Child Discussion of Peer Provocations Reduce Young Children's Hostile Attributional Bias?

• Autores: Anouk van Dijk, Astrid M. G. Poorthuis, Sander Thomaes, Bram Orobio de Castro
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 89, Nº. 5, 2018, págs. 1908-1920
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Two studies investigated whether parent-child discussion of peer provocations reduces young children's hostile attributional bias. Study 1 (N = 109, age 4-7)-an observational study-showed that parent-child discussion of nonhostile attributions (when reading a picture book) predicted reductions in children's hostile attributional bias from pre- to postdiscussion. Study 2 (N = 160, age 4-6)-an experimental study-showed that stimulating parents to discuss either nonhostile attributions or normative beliefs (vs. a control condition) reduced children's hostile attributional bias in response to hypothetical vignettes, but not in response to a staged peer provocation. These findings suggest that by framing social situations, parents may help their children perceive less hostility in their social worlds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]