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Associations Between Nonparental Care Experience and Preschooler's Emotion Regulation in the Presence of the Mother Abstract The purpose of this study was to test predictions concerning the associations between children's nonparental care experiences and emotion regulation. Subjects in this study were 53 (21 girls) preschoolers and their mothers. Children's care experiences ranged from those who were raised exclusively in the home to those who had nonparental care experience beginning in early infancy. Subjects were observed in a laboratory playroom, and mothers were asked to complete questionnaires regarding children's care histories and current care situations. It was found that children with extensive nonparental care backgrounds were more likely to use self-directed emotion regulation behaviors when faced with a mildly frustrating situation, and that children who had experienced minimal nonparental care were more likely to use other-directed emotion regulation behaviors in the same situation. Additionally, children who had experienced care settings with large numbers of children in each care group or who had experienced many caregiver changes were more likely to use self-directed emotion regulation behaviors, while those who had experienced settings with smaller care groups and fewer caregiver changes were more likely to use other-directed emotion regulation behaviors. |
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