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The Relationship between Maternal Attitudes toward Children's Expressiveness, Children's Emotional Intelligence and Problem Behaviors  

Cho, Soo-Jung (Department of Child Development, Ewha Womans University)
Doh, Hyun-Sim (Department of Child Development, Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Sang-Won (Department of Child Development, Ewha Womans University)
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Korean Journal of Child Studies / v.31, no.6, 2010 , pp. 167-183 More about this Journal
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This study examined the relationship between maternal attitudes toward children's expressiveness, children's emotional intelligence and problem behaviors. The question as to whether emotional intelligence mediated the relationship between maternal attitudes and problem behaviors was also explored. A sample of 307 preschool children were used as subjects. Mothers rated their levels of acceptance toward their children's emotions, while teachers reported on the children's emotional abilities and behavioral problems. The data were analyzed by means of regression analyses. Our results indicated that mothers' controlling attitudes were associated with low levels of worry-anxiety. Additionally, it was found that children with high emotional intelligence showed low levels of worry-anxiety, hostility-aggression, and hyperactivity-inattention. While multiple factors of emotional intelligence had differential impacts, the self-control factor was the most powerful predictor for all the problem behaviors. It was further found that a mother's receptive attitude was related to higher levels of self-awareness in children. Instead of the significant mediating effect of emotional intelligence, it was revealed that emotional intelligence had greater effects upon problem behaviors than maternal attitudes toward children's expressiveness.
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maternal attitudes toward children's expressiveness; emotional intelligence; problem behaviors;
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