Relationship between Temperament and Emotion Regulation with Negative Emotion

아동의 기질과 부정적 정서 및 정서조절전략과의 관계

This study was to examine the relationship between temperament and children's emotion regulation with negative emotion. Following are the purposes of this research. First, children's temperament and negative emotion, and emotion regulation was found based on children's sex and age difference. Second, if there is a relationship between children's temperament and children's negative emotion and emotion regulation. The subjects of this study were 213 students who were in 8, 10, 12 ages of elementary school in Mokpo. The scales used in this study was Buss & Plomin(1975)'s EAS(Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, Impulsivity) and Brand & Halpern(1998)'s ERACH(Emotion Response and Coping Interview). The data analysis was made by SPSS PC+, and average, two-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, correlation and were employed to test the research questions. As a result of this research a difference in age was found, and a difference in sex was not found. Children's temperament was in positive relation with anger and emotion approach. This research will assist to make the foundation of counseling psychology and developmental psychology.