Date of Graduation
5-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Sciences
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Human Development, Family Sciences and Rural Sociology
Advisor/Mentor
Herold, Laura
Committee Member/Reader
McNally, Shelley
Committee Member/Second Reader
Mosley, Jacquelyn
Committee Member/Third Reader
Herold, Laura
Abstract
Emotions and emotion regulation play a role in a child’s interactions with their peers. This study uses observations collected in two preschool classrooms to address the questions of what causes emotional outbursts and how emotional outbursts affect the children involved. In this study, an emotional outburst is defined as an occurrence in which the child is making loud noises and having a physical reaction to an event that has just occurred. Participants were 22 children from the ages of three to five years old. Observational data were collected, and analyzed through categorization and interpretation, and results from this study suggest that there are many common causes of emotional outbursts in the children observed. The findings do not indicate obvious effects of emotional outbursts on children in the vicinity of the outburst.
Citation
Paris, J. (2019). Emotional Outbursts and Their Effects on Peer Relations in the Preschool Classroom. General Human Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ghesuht/14