Abstract: Children’s cognitive construction of emotional display rules(EDRs) was an important task during their socialization and the development of emotion. This review synthesized many researches involving in the concept and cognitive development theory and measurement of EDRs, and reflecting the relation between EDRs cognitive development and other factors. The results mainly demonstrated three relationships. First, children’s cognitive development of EDRs was most strongly related to age and gender. Second, positive family emotion environment was related to children’s more knowledge and use of EDRs and lower negative affect. Third, children’s knowledge and use of EDRs was positively associated with their social competence.

Key words: children, emotional, display rules