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Sprung, M., Münch, H. M., Harris, P. L., Ebesutani, C., & Hofmann, S. G. (2015). Children's emotion understanding: A meta-analysis of training studies. Developmental review : DR, 3741-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2015.05.001
Sprung, Manuel, et al. "Children's emotion understanding: A meta-analysis of training studies." Developmental review : DR vol. 37 (2015): 41-65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2015.05.001
Sprung M, Münch HM, Harris PL, Ebesutani C, Hofmann SG. Children's emotion understanding: A meta-analysis of training studies. Dev Rev. 2015 Sep 01;37:41-65. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.05.001. PMID: 26405369; PMCID: PMC4576850.
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Dev Rev. 2015 Sep 01;37:41-65. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.05.001.

Children's emotion understanding: A meta-analysis of training studies.

Developmental review : DR

Manuel Sprung, Hannah M Münch, Paul L Harris, Chad Ebesutani, Stefan G Hofmann

Affiliations

  1. International Psychology & Psychotherapy Center, Vienna (Austria).
  2. Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg (Germany).
  3. Graduate School of Education, Harvard University (USA).
  4. Department of Psychology, Duksung Women's University (South Korea).
  5. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University (USA).

PMID: 26405369 PMCID: PMC4576850 DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.05.001

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the course of development, children show increased insight and understanding of emotions-both of their own emotions and those of others. However, little is known about the efficacy of training programs aimed at improving children's understanding of emotion.

OBJECTIVES: To conduct an effect size analysis of trainings aimed at three aspects of emotion understanding: external aspects (i.e., the recognition of emotional expressions, understanding external causes of emotion, understanding the influence of reminders on present emotions); mental aspects (i.e., understanding desire-based emotions, understanding belief-based emotions, understanding hidden emotions); and reflective aspects (i.e., understanding the regulation of an emotion, understanding mixed emotions, understanding moral emotions).

DATA SOURCES: A literature search was conducted using PubMed, PsycInfo, the Cochrane Library, and manual searches.

REVIEW METHODS: The search identified 19 studies or experiments including a total of 749 children with an average age of 86 months (

RESULTS: Emotion understanding training procedures are effective for improving external (Hedge's

CONCLUSION: Emotion understanding training may be a promising tool for both preventive intervention and the psychotherapeutic process. However, more well-controlled studies are needed.

Keywords: Emotion Understanding; Emotion comprehension; Emotional competency; Intervention; Meta-analysis; Test of Emotion Comprehension; Theory of Mind; Training; Training studies

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