Presenter(s)

• Elizabeth Marjason, School Psychology Graduate Student, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Daniel McCleary, Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin State U

Abstract

Despite society's progress toward gender equality, there are still questions about how and why genders differ in emotional expression. Is it socio-cultural and biological in nature? If so, how much from one or the other affects children’s emotional expression and how they regulate themselves? As a result, a literature review was conducted to assist professionals in understanding how to help young children and their parents understand how children experience and regulate emotion.