Emotions in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Typically Hearing Children.

ABSTRACT: For deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children living in an environment where their access to linguistic input and social interactions is compromised, learning emotions could be difficult, which may further affect social functioning. To understand the role of emotion in DHH children's social life, this study investigated emotional functioning (i.e., emotion recognition, empathy, emotion expression), and its relation with social functioning (i.e., social competence and externalizing behaviors), in 55 DHH children and 74 children with typical hearing (aged 3-10 years; Mage = 6.04). Parental reports on children's emotional and social functioning and factors related to DHH children's hearing were collected. Results showed similar levels of emotional and social functioning in children with and wit

SUBMITTER: Tsou YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8448426 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature