TY - JOUR
T1 - A cultural-historical study of emotions in play
T2 - catharsis and perezhivanie in an institutional care setting
AU - Meng, Xianyu
AU - Fleer, Marilyn
AU - Li, Liang
AU - Hammer, Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - As a critical developmental goal, emotion regulation (ER) for young children in orphanages has yet to be fully understood. This paper explores how co-experiencing of dramatic interactions in playworlds supports a child’s resolution and regulation of emotions in an institutional care setting in China. 49 hours of video data were analysed with the cultural-historical concepts of catharsis and perezhivanie. Findings show that catharsis as a crucial aspect of ER development takes the form of a triadic relationship between emotions, imagination, and drama. Together they create conditions for the child to reorganize the person-environment unity, which helps shape the child’s further development.
AB - As a critical developmental goal, emotion regulation (ER) for young children in orphanages has yet to be fully understood. This paper explores how co-experiencing of dramatic interactions in playworlds supports a child’s resolution and regulation of emotions in an institutional care setting in China. 49 hours of video data were analysed with the cultural-historical concepts of catharsis and perezhivanie. Findings show that catharsis as a crucial aspect of ER development takes the form of a triadic relationship between emotions, imagination, and drama. Together they create conditions for the child to reorganize the person-environment unity, which helps shape the child’s further development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85160512592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10749039.2023.2212650
DO - 10.1080/10749039.2023.2212650
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160512592
SN - 1074-9039
VL - 30
SP - 57
EP - 71
JO - Mind, Culture, and Activity
JF - Mind, Culture, and Activity
IS - 1
ER -