A longitudinal study on moral emotions and psychosocial functioning among preschool children with and without hearing loss
Development and Psychopathology, vol. 37, pp. 1821–1832
Abstract
Moral emotions such as shame, guilt and pride are crucial to young children's social-emotional development. Due to the restrictions caused by hearing loss in accessing the social world, deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children may encounter extra difficulties in their development of moral emotions. However, little research so far has investigated the development trajectory of moral emotions during preschool years in DHH children. The present study used a longitudinal design to explore the development trajectories of shame, guilt, and pride, in a sample of 259 Chinese DHH and typically hearing (TH) preschoolers aged 2 to 6 years old. The results indicated that according to parent reports, DHH children manifested lower levels of guilt and pride compared to their TH peers, yet the manifested levels of shame, guilt, and pride increased throughout the preschool time at a similar pace in all children. Moreover, whilst guilt and pride contributed to increasing levels of psychosocial functioning over the preschool years, shame contributed to lower social competence and more externalizing behaviors in DHH and TH preschoolers. The outcomes imply that early interventions and adjustment to hearing loss could be useful to safeguard the social development of children with severe hearing loss, and cultural variances shall be taken into consideration when studying moral emotions in a Chinese cultural background.
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Zijian Li Aachen Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Leiden University
Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Boya Li Aachen Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Leiden University
Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Yung‐Ting Tsou Aachen Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Leiden University · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Leiden University
Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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China Rehabilitation Research Center
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China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment
China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment, Beijing, China
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China Rehabilitation Research Center
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China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment
China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment, Beijing, China
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Carolien J. Rieffe corresponding Aachen Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Leiden University · University College London · University of Twente
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Leiden University
University College London
University of Twente
Department of Human Media Interaction, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK
Unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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