摘要：This study examined the effects on preschooler's social competence of preschooler's emotional regulation strategies and matermal atitude toward child's emotional expressiveness. Subjects were 57 3- to 5-year old preschoolers,their mothers and 3 teachers in their classes. Data were adapted from the Social Inelligence part of Project Spectrum and analyzed by Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. Findings were that : (1) preschoolers' positive emotion regulation strategies significantly explained their social competence. (2) Older children showed higher social competence than younger children;the efct of children's age on social competence was more influential than emotional strategies or matemal atitudes. In conclusion,preschooler's emotion regulation strategies are an important factor as their social competence develops with age.
