Research on a Model for Promoting Preschool Children's Mental Health Based on Emotion Education: Theoretical Reconstruction and Practical Paths from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Abstract

This study aims to address the "intellect over emotion" bias in preschool education and construct a culturally adaptive preschool mental health promotion system. Based on the upgraded "2+1+3+2" model, it integrates international theories including Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence theory and Bowlby’s Attachment theory with Liu Naihua’s localized educational concepts of "emotional nourishment" and "life-based education". Through theoretical interpretation and case analysis, the study explores the dual-subject collaboration of kindergarten and family in emotion education, and designs practical paths of comprehensive acceptance, understanding and expression of emotions. The results show that the model can help children transform from passive emotion recipients to active emotional managers, and it constructs a three-dimensional ecological system for preschool mental health promotion with both international vision and local characteristics. The study provides a scientific practical framework for preschool emotion education and mental health cultivation.