Adults Desires for Childrens Emotions across 48 Countries

By Marissa L. Diener, Richard E. Lucas. 2004

99 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

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2. V. Slaughter
3. M. Holder
4. B. Coleman
5. A. Gottfried
6. Michael T. Warren
7. John K. Coffey
8. A. Shahaeian

In Education

1. M. Holder
2. B. Coleman
3. H. C. Hwang
4. Dawn A. Matsumoto
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In Social Psychology

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2. C. Peterson
3. M. Holder
4. A. Shahaeian
5. H. C. Hwang
6. B. Coleman
7. John K. Coffey
8. A. Gottfried

Citations in the corpus

• Gender and emotion in context. (2008, background): “For example, across 48 countries, adults reported that happiness was more desirable for girls and that fearlessness and anger suppression were more desirable for boys (Diener & Lucas, 2004).”
• The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “Though a recent study reported that adults in all 48 countries tested desired high levels of happiness for their children (Diener and Lucas 2004), studies of factors that contribute to children’s happiness are not common (Mahon and Yarcheski 2002).”
• Culture and the sequence of steps in theory of mind development. (2011, background): “…style of parenting (Rudy & Grusec, 2006), many middle-class Iranian parents, like parents in China (Chao, 1994; Chen et al., 1997), have been found to favor their children’s suppression of anger and disagreement more strongly than do comparable Anglo-North American parents (Diener & Lucas, 2004).”
• Culture and Emotion (2012, background): “…in expressing emotions (Stephan, Stephan, Saito, & Barnett, 1998); folk theories of emotion and expression (Ye, 2004); beliefs about verbal expressions about emotions (Wilkins & Gareis, 2006); beliefs about self and other emotions (Johnson, 2007); and desires for emotions (Diener & Lucas, 2004).”
• The Contribution of Social Relationships to Children’s Happiness (2009, background): “Given that adults in all 48 countries tested desired high levels of happiness for their children (Diener and Lucas 2004), the factors associated with children’s happiness are important to identify.”
• Does Infant Happiness Forecast Adult Life Satisfaction? Examining Subjective Well-Being in the First Quarter Century of Life (2015, background): “Parents want their children to be happy (Diener and Lucas 2004), and happiness is a primary goal of the majority of adults worldwide (Diener 2000).”