Preschool Children's Experience and Understanding of Their Soundscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12733474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lotta Dellve (0000-0003-0480-1895, University of Borås, corresponding author), Lena Samuelsson (0000-0002-6222-1947, Sahlgrenska University Hospital), Kerstin Persson Waye (0000-0003-3789-4557, University of Gothenburg) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research in Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0887 • E-ISSN: 1478-0895 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14780887.2011.586099 |
| OpenAlex | W1528322542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
Noise may be a serious health problem in preschools. This article explores how preschool-aged children experience, understand, and cope with the soundscape at their preschools. Using a qualitative approach, 36 children (4–6 years old) were interviewed in 11 focus groups. The children related their experience of sound to the consequences the sound had for themselves, their understanding of its source, and their bodily and emotional experience of it. Their perceived trustfulness, comprehensibility, sound descriptions, and manageability of given sounds were interpreted in the model as an expression of uncontrollability. The degree of uncontrollability of sounds accounted for whether children were nondisturbed, disturbed, or distressed by their experience of it. Distressing noise was experienced as both physically and emotionally painful. The children handled such distress by flight, attempting to reduce the hearing sensation, turning to their teachers, and using cognitive strategies. It is important to increase our understanding of how children cope with distressing sounds at preschools
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Distress · Distressing · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sound (geography · Soundscape · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Music Therapy and Health · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology
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The case for positive emotions in the stress process
Where to recover from attentional fatigue
Restorative Effects of Natural Environment Experiences
Aircraft and road traffic noise and children's cognition and health
Stress
Child Development and the Physical Environment
Stress, appraisal, and coping
Apartment noise, auditory discrimination, and reading ability in children
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |