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TY - JOUR
T1 - A qualitative exploration into young children's perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties in other children
AU - Dixon, Clare
AU - Murray, Craig
AU - Daiches, Anna
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Research into children’s perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties is limited and methodologically varied. In this paper we explore young children’s perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties in their peers. We conducted five focus groups involving a total of 25 children. The children, aged eight and nine, were presented with vignettes representing peers experiencing emotional difficulties, and invited to discuss their perspectives on possible causes. We also explored their emotional and behavioural reactions to the vignette characters.Using interpretative phenomenological analysis we identified three themes: Searching for an Explanation; Empathy versus Blame; and Consequences and Solutions. The children drew on their own emotional experiences in their sense-making, and the extent to which they held the character responsible for their behaviour was particularly important in influencing their responses towards the characters.
AB - Research into children’s perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties is limited and methodologically varied. In this paper we explore young children’s perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties in their peers. We conducted five focus groups involving a total of 25 children. The children, aged eight and nine, were presented with vignettes representing peers experiencing emotional difficulties, and invited to discuss their perspectives on possible causes. We also explored their emotional and behavioural reactions to the vignette characters.Using interpretative phenomenological analysis we identified three themes: Searching for an Explanation; Empathy versus Blame; and Consequences and Solutions. The children drew on their own emotional experiences in their sense-making, and the extent to which they held the character responsible for their behaviour was particularly important in influencing their responses towards the characters.
KW - attitudes
KW - children
KW - focus groups
KW - interpretative phenomenological analysis
KW - mental health
U2 - 10.1177/1359104511433194
DO - 10.1177/1359104511433194
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 72
EP - 90
JO - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
JF - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
SN - 1359-1045
IS - 1
ER -