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Parental emotion talk (ET) has been theorized to shape these processes. Limited research has examined preschoolers\u2019 observed emotion expressions and emotion-related behaviors in culturally diverse samples. We sought to explore the following: (1) cultural group differences and similarities in observed emotion expressions (anger, sadness, and positive emotions) and emotion-related behaviors between Chinese American and Mexican American preschoolers, and (2) the concurrent links between parental ET and children\u2019s emotion expressions. Methods: In a sample of 86 children (age range = 38 to 70 months, 62% girls) from low-income immigrant families (Mexican Americans\/MA = 43 and Chinese Americans\/CA = 43), the observed children\u2019s emotion expressions and emotion-related behaviors were coded based on a frustration-eliciting task. Parental ET quality and quantity were coded from transcripts of a parent\u2013child shared reading task. Results: MA children expressed more anger and sadness, but the two groups did not differ on positive emotions or emotion-related behaviors. Multiple regressions showed that children whose parents engaged in more ET expressed higher levels of anger and sadness and used more non-feeling state languages than children whose parents engaged in less ET. Conclusions: The results revealed cultural variations in preschool-age children\u2019s emotion expressions and provided support for associations between parental ET and children\u2019s emotion expressions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children12010052","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]],"date-time":"2025-01-02T10:32:26Z","timestamp":1735813946000},"page":"52","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Relations Between Parental Emotion Talk and Preschoolers\u2019 Emotion Expressions in Low-Income Chinese American and Mexican American Families"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4257-4534","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Megan","family":"Chan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michelle","family":"Taw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nancy","family":"Eisenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8734-5081","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qing","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"241","DOI":"10.1207\/s15327965pli0904_1","article-title":"Parental socialization of emotion","volume":"9","author":"Eisenberg","year":"1998","journal-title":"Psychol. 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