Explicit Regulation of Positive and Negative Emotion in Pre-Adolescents in a Kenya County
Date
2021-10
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
This study addresses a gap in research on how pre-adolescent boys and girls of age 10-12 explicitly regulate their positive and negative emotion as influenced by social-economic environments of peri-urban Kenya. This study took an explanatory sequential approach, employing quantitative and qualitative tools to respond to two research questions. It investigated pre-adolescents’ application of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression strategies, based on their awareness and expression of positive and negative emotion. The quantitative results showed that pre-adolescent boys and girls are aware of, express and apply explicit emotion regulation strategies to both positive and negative emotion experiences similarly. Important socio-economic factors were also identified for further qualitative consideration. The qualitative findings revealed that pre-adolescent boys and girls outwardly express positive and negative emotion. This was shown to be variably influenced by pre-adolescents’ school and family contexts, as well as their interaction with teachers, parents and peers.
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This research report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for a Master’s Degree by Dissertation in the Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities, School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, 2023.
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Emotion Regulation, Pre-Adolescence, Qualitative Analysis, Child Development, Happiness, UCTD
Citation
Mwangi, Ruth Waitherero. (2021). Explicit Regulation of Positive and Negative Emotion in Pre-Adolescents in a Kenya County. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40150