Family Systems and Emotional Functioning in Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Preschool Children

• DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enab044
• Publication Date: 2021-12-28T12:35:39Z
• Authors: Shannon Yuen; Boya Li; Yung-Ting Tsou; Qi Meng; Liyan Wang; Wei Liang; Carolien Rieffe
• Keywords: Emotional expression; Emotional support; Expressed emotion; Expression (computer science); Cohesion (chemistry)

This study examined how deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and typically hearing (TH) children may differ in their family system emotional functioning the relations between children's functioning. Parents of 106 DHH 99 TH (2-6 years) reported on cohesion adaptability, parental emotion communication, child's The were rated lower positive expression than children. Higher levels related to more but not For all children, higher fewer negative expressions communication expression. results emphasize importance sharing leisure activities together open within family, which can support experience emotions them.