The Socialization of Emotional Support Skills in Childhood

Abstract

(from the chapter) begin by briefly reviewing the significance and functions of emotional support, especially in the world of the child / develop a component model of emotional support, identifying several specific competencies children must acquire if they are to provide sensitive and appropriate forms of support / our intention here is to specify the skills and proclivities of the child that may be affected by various socialization influences / review literature concerning developmental and individual differences in children's emotional support skills and describe some of the major parental practices that facilitate or inhibit development of these skills / particular attention is given to several theoretical mechanisms through which parental behaviors may affect child competencies / touches upon some unresolved problems in our analysis and indicates some directions for future theory development and empirical study (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)