Developmental Characteristics of the Pupils' Emotion Display Rules and Its Relationship to the Peer Acceptance / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the developmental characteristics of the pupils' emotion display rules and its relationship to the peer acceptance. Methods: A sample of 157 pupils' emotion display rules and peer acceptance in third and fifth grades were tested by clinical interview and social nomination. Results: Third-graders compared to fifth-graders were more knowledgeable about expression regulation, and used more self-protective display rules. Girls were proposed more norm-maintenance display rules than boys. Urban children compared to country children were more knowledgeable about expression regulation, and used more prosocial display rules. Self-protective display rules can predict peer rejection. Conclusion: Pupils' emotion display rules have different developing characteristics, and can predict peer rejection to a certain extent. The development of display rules is beneficial to moderate children's expression regulation and social development.