An Important Factor in Understanding Emotion Socialization: A Review of Parents' Beliefs About Children's Emotions

Parents' beliefs about children's emotions are accepted as an important factor affecting emotion socialization processes. It is understood that studies on the parents’ beliefs children’s about emotions are limited in number in the international literature, however, it has started to come to the fore with increasing momentum. In this review article, the dimensions of parents' beliefs about children's emotions, which have emerged in a limited number of empirical studies, and the relationship of beliefs with emotion socialization processes, emotional and social competence of school-age children, especially preschool children. Due to the effects of culture and environment on parents' beliefs about emotions, Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, Triandis, Markus and Kitayama, and Kağıtçıbaşı's cultural models and their handling of the self were examined within the scope of cultural dimensions in Hofstede's 6D model. The findings of related studies and the impact of culture have been discussed. By making use of the findings of empirical studies within the scope of parents' beliefs about emotions, suggestions that can be considered basic for future studies are also included.

Cite this article: Kılıç, Ş. (2022). An important factor ın understanding emotion socialization: A review of parents' beliefs about children's emotions. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences, 26(1), 76-86.