%0 Journal Article
%T Conceptual bases of research of a verbal and nonverbal pattern of children¡¯s fears
%A Lubov S. Akopyan
%J Psychology in Russia : State of Art
%D 2012
%I M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
%X The article presents the results of theoretical and experimental research on emotionalstates, in particular, on fears that worry young school-aged children. Theapproach used to study this phenomenon comprises quantitatively-qualitative,frequency-intensive, existential, micro- and macro surrounding, moral and selfregulationdimensions. Substantial characteristics of children¡¯s fears, self-controlof young school-aged children, and ways of coping with fears in various conditionsof social situations of development are considered. The studied spectrumof emotions young school-aged children experience in everyday situations (athome, at school, during their leisure time) is described. Study on verbal and nonverbalpatterns of fears of young school-aged children is presented. The originalstructural questionnaire developed by the author and the picturesque test composedthe research apparatus. In a majority of drawings children tend to ¡°counterbalance¡±the image of their fear with some additional images containing positiveelements (positive plot). This fi nding confi rms the assumption previously madeby the author of the immanent nature of self-regulating processes that regulatecoping with fear.
%K emotional states
%K living conditions of young school-aged children
%K children¡¯s drawings
%K fear
%K depicting fears
%K the verbal and nonverbal content of fears
%K methods of coping.
%U http://psychologyinrussia.com/volumes/pdf/2012/akopyan.pdf