The Cultural Role on Emotional Competence Development in Early Childhood

Yettie Wandansari, Dewi Retno Suminar, Tina Afiatin

2018

Abstract

Emotional competence in early childhood is a multi-dimension construct consists of emotion knowledge, emotion expression, and emotion regulation. Previous research findings consistently reported emotional competence as the predictor of the child's school and social competence. One of the factors that are influencing the development of emotional competence is the cultural context. Culture does not only affect the way children recognizes his/her own emotion and the emotion of others, but also determine how an individual expresses emotion and regulates emotion in socially acceptable ways. This literature review aims to explore previous research findings and theoretical approach of cultural roles on emotional competence, which can be used as a foundation to develop a culture-based theory of emotional competence and culture-based interventions to optimize early childhood emotional competence. A number of research articles that specifically examine the relationship between culture and emotional competence were obtained through electronic journal articles databases (Proquest, Science Direct, and Google Scholar) in span of time publication between 2008-2017, with keywords culture and emotional competence, emotional understanding, emotional expression, and emotional regulation. The findings suggest the cultural role on emotional competence in early childhood as a developmental context through parental emotion socialization. Recommendations for further research in methods of assessment dan culture-specific emotions are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wandansari Y., Suminar D. and Afiatin T. (2018). The Cultural Role on Emotional Competence Development in Early Childhood.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 82-90. DOI: 10.5220/0008585600820090

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Yettie Wandansari and Dewi Retno Suminar and Tina Afiatin},
title={The Cultural Role on Emotional Competence Development in Early Childhood},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={82-90},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008585600820090},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - The Cultural Role on Emotional Competence Development in Early Childhood
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Wandansari Y.
AU - Suminar D.
AU - Afiatin T.
PY - 2018
SP - 82
EP - 90
DO - 10.5220/0008585600820090