Autorregulação emocional em criança à luz da teoria do apego: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Emotional self-regulation is an essential life skill and presents itself as an essential objective for children's socio-emotional development. Research already points to a consensus between the relationship of a secure attachment pattern and the use of more adaptive emotional self-regulation strategies. We sought to investigate how the literature understands the relationship between emotional self-regulation in children and the quality of mother / father child interaction in the current context of a pandemic in the light of attachment theory. This relationship is discussed based on the categories maternal and paternal behavior constructed after reviewing the studies found, starting to reflect on the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on family interaction. Theoretical support supports the understanding that sensitive and responsive behaviors can favor the child's emotional self-regulation capacity, even in highly stressful contexts, such as the current pandemic context.