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- Cross-sectional study of emotion understanding in portuguese childrenPublication . Franco, Glória; Franco, Maria da Glória; Beja, Maria João; Santos, N.; Roazzi, Antonio; Candeias, Adelinda; Portugal, AldaEmotion understanding in children is a complex process involving the conjuga tion of different other processes of emotional information. It has been consi dered a key component of emotional skills in young children and an important predictor social skills development. This study aims to describe the emergence of emotion understanding different components according to age and degree of complexity. The sample comprises 401 portuguese children, ages 43 to 77 months (M=64.17, DP=7.05), attending preschool, and the instruments used were the Test of Emo tion Comprehension (TEC) and Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM). Results have shown that different components of emotion understanding do not appear all at the same time, but evolve over the years along with cognitive development. Children at earlier ages are more able to recognize the expres sion of basic emotions, but the ability to reflect upon emotions consolidates later. Results haven’t shown significant differences considering gender and socioeconomic status.
- Emotion understanding, social competence and school achievement in children from primary school in PortugalPublication . Franco, Maria da Glória; Beja, Maria J.; Candeias, Adelinda; Santos, NatalieThis study analyzes the relationship between emotion understanding and school achievement in children of primary school, considering age, gender, fluid intelligence, mother's educational level and social competence. In this study participated 406 children of primary school. The instruments used were the Test of Emotion Comprehension, Colored Progressive Matrices of Raven, Socially Action and Interpersonal Problem Solving Scale. The structural equation model showed the relationship between the emotion understanding and school performance depends on a mediator variable that in the context of the study was designated social competence. Age appear as an explanatory factor of the differences found, the mother's educational level only predicts significantly social emotional competence, fluid intelligence is a predictor of emotion understanding, school achievement and social emotional competence. Regarding the influence of sex, emotional understanding does not emerge as a significant predictor of social emotional competence in girls or boys. Multiple relationships between the various factors associated with school achievement and social emotional competence are discussed as well as their implications in promoting child development and school success.
- Psychology in education and health IV: Proceedings of the IV Leipzig-Evora Scientific Meeting in Psychology. 1st International Scientific Meeting in Psychology, 14th and 15th October, 2019, Madeira, PortugalPublication . Galindo, Edgar; Reschke, Konrad; Franco, Glória; Pires, Heldemerina; Candeias, Adelinda; Beja, Maria João; Rodrigues, Nuno; Witruk, Evelin