Ulrich Koehler
[Johannes Müller (1801-1858) and his school: pioneer and giant of German physiology]
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
emotion knowledge ability accurately perceive label emotions predicts higher quality peer relations higher social competence higher academic achievement fewer behaviour problems less known however predictors early development emotion knowledge study examines emotion knowledge development among children attending prekindergarten kindergarten programmes highpoverty urban schools study considers child preacademic abilities selfregulation peer relations parental education predictors emotion knowledge development two years sample n 1034 children living historically disinvested neighbourhoods primarily black 85 lowincome 61 sample part longitudinal followup study cluster school randomised controlled trial ten public elementary schools childrens emotion knowledge assessed series tasks three times twoyear period baseline parents teachers reported peer relations children completed test preacademic abilities independent observers rated child selfregulation parents reported educational attainment results demonstrate emotion knowledge increases time preacademic abilities selfregulation peer relations parent education independently predict childrens emotion knowledge study highlights multiple factors predict emotion knowledge among primarily black children living historically disinvested neighbourhoods