Tuesdays in the lives of flourishers: The role of
positive emotional reactivity in optimal mental health.
Temperament — Parenting: There is some, but not much, evidence that child
positive emotional reactivity may elicit higher levels of parental warmth.6, 7 There is also a little evidence of the opposite direction of effects, suggesting that parental warmth gives rise to more child positive emotionality.8, 9 We do not yet have enough evidence to know whether child positivity and parental control influence one another.
Based on studies conducted so far, findings suggest that child
positive emotional reactivity, fearfulness, and self - regulation elicit warmth from parents, whereas child negative emotional reactivity results in more negative parental control.
Children's temperament is often defined as biologically - based differences in reactivity and self - regulation.1 Research has focused most on temperament dimensions of self - regulation or effortful control, general
positive emotional reactivity, general negative emotional reactivity, and more specific aspects of negative emotionality reflecting fearfulness and inhibition on the one hand, and anger and irritability on the other hand.
For example, child
positive emotional reactivity, fearfulness, and self - regulation elicit warmth from parents, whereas child negative emotional reactivity results in more negative parental control.
Positive emotional reactivity and self - regulation are important parental factors in developing healthy children's temperament.
Not exact matches
However, an intervening nap blocked and even reversed this negative
emotional reactivity to anger and fear while conversely enhancing ratings of
positive (happy) expressions.
Mindfulness meditation helps focus on the present moment as well as various
positive psychological effects, including reduced psychological symptoms and
emotional reactivity.
Emotional pain often leads to either inaction or negative
reactivity, but we can work through your feelings to create
positive change in your life.»
Specifically, negative
emotional reactivity has been found to predict both internalizing problems (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing problems (e.g., aggression, rule - breaking).1 Fearfulness predicts internalizing problems, and self - regulation difficulties predict externalizing problems.1 The large literature on parenting2 generally shows that high levels of warm and firm parenting are associated with
positive child development.4
Results showed that parent
positive behaviors, and low levels of parent anxious affect, during the stressful laboratory task for youth buffered youth negative
emotional reactivity to real - world negative peer events, but not non-peer events.