Résumés
Résumé
Cette étude vise à décrire les différents types de commentaires d’orientation mentale (OM) des mères et des pères durant leurs interactions de jeu avec leur enfant d’âge préscolaire issus d’un contexte de précarité financière et à examiner si ces commentaires sont liés à la compréhension des émotions des enfants. L’échantillon est composé de 78 enfants âgés entre 3 et 5 ans et de leurs parents bénéficiaires de l’aide sociale. Les interactions parent-enfant ont été filmées lors d’une visite à domicile puis codées à partir de la procédure d’observation de l’OM. La compréhension des émotions des enfants a été évaluée à l’aide d’une tâche de marionnettes. Les résultats des analyses de régression montrent que les enfants exposés à davantage de commentaires mentaux maternels appropriés sur leurs désirs présentent une meilleure compréhension des émotions. Aucun lien entre l’OM paternelle et la compréhension des émotions des enfants n’a été trouvé. Ces résultats contribuent à approfondir notre compréhension des liens entre les commentaires des parents axés sur les états mentaux, dont ceux des pères qui jusqu’à présent ont été très peu étudiés, et la compréhension des émotions chez des enfants d’âge préscolaire vivant dans un contexte de précarité financière.
Mots-clés :
- Compréhension des émotions,
- orientation mentale maternelle,
- orientation mentale paternelle,
- précarité financière
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe maternal and paternal comments on their preschoolers’ mental states during free play interactions among high-risk families and to examine whether these comments are related to children’s understanding of emotions. The sample consisted of 78 children aged 3-5 years and their parents receiving social welfare. Parent-child interactions were filmed during a home visit and coded for mind-mindedness. Children’s understanding of emotion was assessed using a puppet task. Results showed that preschoolers exposed to more appropriate maternal mental comments about their desires exhibited better emotion understanding. No link between paternal mind-mindedness and children’s emotion understanding was found. These results contribute to our understanding of the relation between parental mind-mindedness, including those of fathers who have been understudied thus far, and emotion understanding in preschoolers living in high-risk conditions.
Keywords:
- Emotion understanding,
- maternal mind-mindedness,
- paternal mind-mindedness,
- high-risk
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