The Development of Emotional Expression in Preschool and Elementary School Children: The Complementary Relationship between Facial Expression and Verbal Expression

• Project/Area Number: 15K17279
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Ishinomaki Senshu University
• Principal Investigator: Kumiko Hirakawa 石巻専修大学, 人間学部, 助教 (30711246)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 情動表出 / 主張 / 怒り / 表情 / 言語 / 幼児 / 児童 / 大学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between facial emotional expressions and verbal emotional expressions in preschool and elementary school children. The findings of three experiments revealed: (1) the complementary relationship between facial expressions and verbal expressions was more cleared in elementary children than preschool children, (2) the understanding of emotional expressions in preschool children was partially associated with verbal emotional expressions in daily life.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 幼児期・児童期における情動表出の発達：表情と言語の相補的関係に着目して (2018)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Journal Title: 石巻専修大学研究紀要 Volume: 29 Pages: 103-106
  • NAID: 40021504737
• [Journal Article] 幼児期・児童期の情動表出の発達に関する研究動向 (2017)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Journal Title: 石巻専修大学研究紀要 Volume: 28 Pages: 79-84
  • NAID: 40021380287
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 幼児・児童における情動表出の発達―怒りの主張的表出と相補性の理解との関連― (2015)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Journal Title: 家庭教育研究所紀要 Volume: 36 Pages: 43-49
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 大学生における怒りの主張的表出の理解―幼児・児童との比較を通して― (2017)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第28回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-25
• [Presentation] Participation in Group Activity of Young Children With ASD and ADHD Symptoms (2017)
  • Author(s): Kumiko Hirakawa, Kazuo Hongo, & Noriko Iijima
  • Organizer: 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Differences in Emotional Development between Typically Developing Children and Children with Special Care Needs (2015)
  • Author(s): Kumiko Hirakawa, Noriko Iijima, Chie Takahashi, Yoshiko Koizumi, Tetsuji Kamiya, & Kazuo Hongo
  • Organizer: 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: University of Minho (Braga-Portugal)
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] シリーズ支援のための発達心理学 実践研究の理論と方法（第7章 実践研究におけるチェックリストの活用方法） (2018)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Publisher: 金子書房
• [Book] 「気になる」子どもの社会性発達の理解と支援―チェックリストを活用した保育の支援計画の立案―（第3章 社会性チェックリスト（改訂版）からみる子どもの発達） (2018)
  • Author(s): 平川久美子
  • Publisher: 北大路書房