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The acquisition of emotion-laden words from childhood to adolescence

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    Identifier: imarina:9286983
    Authors:
    Sabater LPonari MHaro JFernández-Folgueiras UMoreno EMPozo MAFerré PHinojosa JA
    Abstract:
    Studies investigating how children acquire emotional vocabularies have mainly focused on words that describe feelings or affective states (emotion-label words, e.g., joy) trough subjective assessments of the children’s lexicon reported by their parents or teachers. In the current cross-sectional study, we objectively examined the age of acquisition of words that relate to emotions without explicitly referring to affective states (emotion-laden words, e.g., cake, tomb, rainbow) using a picture naming task. Three hundred and sixty participants belonging to 18 age groups from preschool to adolescence overtly named line drawings corresponding to positive, negative, and neutral concrete nouns. The results of regression and mixed model analyses indicated that positive emotion-laden words are learnt earlier in life. This effect was independent of the contribution of other lexical and semantic factors (familiarity, word frequency, concreteness, word length). It is proposed that the prioritized acquisition of positive emotion-laden words might be the consequence of the communicative style and contextual factors associated with the interaction between children and caregivers. We also discuss the implications of our findings for proposals that highlight the role of language in emotion perception and understanding.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Sabater L; Ponari M; Haro J; Fernández-Folgueiras U; Moreno EM; Pozo MA; Ferré P; Hinojosa JA
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: Ferré Romeu, Maria Pilar / Haro Rodriguez, Juan
    Keywords: Word acquisition Valence Positive words Emotion-laden words Emotion-label words Age-of-acquisition word acquisition vocabulary valence spanish words positive words objective age language infant facial expressions english-speaking emotion-label words children affective norms
    Abstract: Studies investigating how children acquire emotional vocabularies have mainly focused on words that describe feelings or affective states (emotion-label words, e.g., joy) trough subjective assessments of the children’s lexicon reported by their parents or teachers. In the current cross-sectional study, we objectively examined the age of acquisition of words that relate to emotions without explicitly referring to affective states (emotion-laden words, e.g., cake, tomb, rainbow) using a picture naming task. Three hundred and sixty participants belonging to 18 age groups from preschool to adolescence overtly named line drawings corresponding to positive, negative, and neutral concrete nouns. The results of regression and mixed model analyses indicated that positive emotion-laden words are learnt earlier in life. This effect was independent of the contribution of other lexical and semantic factors (familiarity, word frequency, concreteness, word length). It is proposed that the prioritized acquisition of positive emotion-laden words might be the consequence of the communicative style and contextual factors associated with the interaction between children and caregivers. We also discuss the implications of our findings for proposals that highlight the role of language in emotion perception and understanding.
    Thematic Areas: Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psicología General psychology Enfermagem Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: mariadelpilar.ferre@urv.cat juan.haro@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-3192-0040 0000-0002-3456-4731
    Record's date: 2024-08-03
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-022-03989-w
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Current Psychology. 42 (33): 29280-29290
    APA: Sabater L; Ponari M; Haro J; Fernández-Folgueiras U; Moreno EM; Pozo MA; Ferré P; Hinojosa JA (2023). The acquisition of emotion-laden words from childhood to adolescence. Current Psychology, 42(33), 29280-29290. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03989-w
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03989-w
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Multidisciplinary
    Word acquisition
    Valence
    Positive words
    Emotion-laden words
    Emotion-label words
    Age-of-acquisition
    word acquisition
    vocabulary
    valence
    spanish words
    positive words
    objective age
    language
    infant
    facial expressions
    english-speaking
    emotion-label words
    children
    affective norms
    Psychology, multidisciplinary
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psicología
    General psychology
    Enfermagem
    Ciencias sociales
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