Mother–Child Conversations about Emotions: Linkages to Child Aggression and Prosocial Behavior

By P. Garner, J. Dunsmore, Michael Southam-Gerrow. 2008

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Long-Term Relations Between Children’s Language, the Home Literacy Environment, and Socioemotional Development From Ages 3 to 8 (2018, background): “During literacy-related activities with their parents (or rather mothers in our sample) children may talk about their own and others’ emotions (see Garner et al., 2008), and the book’s protagonists may be positive role models to show cooperative behavior, such as helping and sharing toys, and…”
Modeling maternal emotion-related socialization behaviors in a low-income sample: Relations with toddlers’ self-regulation (2012, background): “For example, children who are more likely to exhibit strong emotional displays may elicit more emotion-talk from their mothers (Garner et al., 2008).”
Mothers' Acculturation and Beliefs About Emotions, Mother–Child Emotion Discourse, and Children's Emotion Understanding in Latino Families (2011, unknown): “Emotion understanding also plays an important role in children's prosocial behavior (Denham, 1986 ; Garner, Dunsmore, & Southam-Gerrow, 2008 ) and their positive interactions with peers and siblings (Denham, McKinley, Couchoud, & Holt, 1990 ; Dunn, 1998 ; Dunn & Brown, 1991 ).”