Resolução de conflitos e a compreensão emocional em crianças do Pré-Escolar

Abstract

The study aims to understand the ability of conflict resolution and its relation to emotional understanding in preschool children. The sample comprises 27 children, aged 3 to 5 years, from Madeira Island, Portugal. The instruments used were: sociodemographic questionnaire, semi-structured interview and an emotional comprehension test (TEC-Test of Emotion Comprehension). The results indicate that children have difficulties in identifying situations of conflict and regarding the ability of emotions understanding, most children showed positive results, particularly in the recognition of emotions and understanding of external causes of emotions.