{"id":2158,"date":"2015-03-11T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T03:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T03:13:56","slug":"the-examination-of-physical-and-behavioral-responses-in-inhibited-children-in-a-strange-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"The Examination of Physical and Behavioral Responses in Inhibited Children in a Strange Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pei-Ling Wang<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Early Childhood Education Taipei Municipal University of Education
\nYu-Chun Tsai<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Early Childhood Education Taipei Municipal University of Education
\nTsung-Min Hung<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Physical Education National Taiwan Normal University<\/p>\n

The purpose of the present study was to explore the physical and behavioral responses of inhibited children and uninhibited children in a strange situation. The initial participants were 322 preschool children. Based upon the initial data, two smaller groups of inhibited children (N=23) and uninhibited children (N=18) were identified. Measures of heart rate, blood pressure, EEG power and behavioral responses of the preschoolers in the strange context were analyzed. According to the findings, inhibited children had significantly higher heart rate and showed greater right frontal activation. Behavior responses such as \u201ctime spent on being close to mother,\u201d \u201ctime spent on speaking,\u201d \u201ctime spent on playing with peers,\u201d \u201ctime spent on staring at other children playing around,\u201d \u201ctime spent on approaching the gorilla,\u201d and \u201cgetting the toys from the strangers\u201d were significantly different between the inhibited children and uninhibited children. Based on the results, we suggest that adults help inhibited children in regulating their own emotions, reconsider the combination of children who are strangers to one another, explore the group of inhibited children using diverse physiological indices, understand the responses of inhibited children in strange and familiar situations, and consider the possibility of increasing the intensity of strange objects and strangers.<\/p>\n

Keywords: inhibited children, uninhibited children, strange situation, heart rate, blood pressure, frontal EEG asymmetry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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