Cultural Orientation, Parental Emotion Socialization, and Child Emotional Competence

We plan to examine associations among self-construals, parental emotion socialization (PES), and children’s emotional competence in a community sample of approximately 200 parent-preschooler dyads. We will conduct a path analysis, expecting self-construals to predict PES, which will in turn predict observed emotional competence. Results will inform culturally-responsive interventions enhancing PES.