Infants' emotional expression: Differences in the expression of pleasure and discomfort between infants from Chile and the United States

This study explores differences in the intensity of emotional expression of Chilean and U.S. infants around 1 year of age. Assessment involved a sequence of videotaped tasks and showed U.S. infants expressed pleasure and discomfort with higher intensity than Chilean infants. Differences between both samples at 1 year reveal the possibility that cultural emotion socialization shapes emotional expressions very early in development.
Source: Infant and Child Development - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research