Mother and Child Facial Expression Labeling Skill Relates to Mutual Responsiveness During Emotional Conversations

摘要: The capacity to engage with one’s child in a reciprocally responsive way is an important element of successful and rewarding parent–child conversations, which are common contexts for emotion socialization. degree dyad shows mutually orientation presumably depends on both individuals’ socio-emotional skills. For example, one or members needs be able accurately interpret respond the other’s nonverbal cues, such as facial expressions, facilitate interactions. Little research, however, has examined whether how mother and/or expression decoding skill relates dyads’ emotional mutuality during conversations. We thus associations between observed parent-preschooler conversations about happy memories. Results lend support our hypotheses by suggesting that capacities read others’ cues make distinct contributions context reminiscing Specifically, mothers’ accurate expressions predicted maternal displays positive affect interest, while children’s adult dyadic mutual enjoyment. Contrary hypotheses, parent/child skills did not interact predict responsiveness. These findings underscore importance attending parent interactions effective