摘要：The social behaviors of 177(84 gils,93 boys) 5-6 year olds were rated by the SCBE teacher questionmaire. Mothers reported on their reactions to children's negative emotions and on children's emotionality by questionnaires. Results showed that girls' emotionality was related to matermal punitive responses and their withdrawn behaviors. Matermal emotion focused responses were associated with boys' social behaviors. Matermal distress reactions were correlated with girls' prosocial behaviors;maternal punitive responses were related to girls' prosocial and withdrawn bebaviors. Maternal emotion-focused responses were associated with girls' aggressive behaviors. Partial correlation analysis indicated girls' emotionality was not related to their withdrawn behaviors when maternal punitive tresponses were taken into account..
关键词：social behaviors;emotionality;mother reactions to children`s negative emotions
