Explicit Regulation of Positive and Negative Emotion in Pre-Adolescents in a Kenya County

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dc.contributor.authorMwangi, Ruth Waitherero
dc.contributor.supervisorKasese-Hara, Mambwe
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T18:46:30Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T18:46:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.citationMwangi, 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
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/40150
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2021 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Human and Community Development
dc.subjectEmotion Regulation
dc.subjectPre-Adolescence
dc.subjectQualitative Analysis
dc.subjectChild Development
dc.subjectHappiness
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-3: Good health and well-being
dc.titleExplicit Regulation of Positive and Negative Emotion in Pre-Adolescents in a Kenya County
dc.typeDissertation
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