Three indices of
dyadic emotional flexibility, which exhibit good reliability and predictive validity (Granic et al. 2003; Hollenstein et al. 2004; Van der Giessen et al. 2015), were derived from GridWare.
Higher values indicated more frequent changes between
dyadic emotional states.
Current results may imply that
dyadic emotional flexibility might be a better indicator of problematic parent - child emotional processes when comparing AD and non-AD children than
dyadic emotional expressivity.
Hence, findings add to the growing acknowledgement (Butler 2011; Granic 2005; Houben et al. 2015) that a focus on the real - time dynamic nature of emotions, particularly
dyadic emotional flexibility, during parent - child interactions is important for understanding anxiety disorders.
In addition to child AD, particularly maternal AD should also be accounted for when examining
dyadic emotional processes.
Differences between father - child dyads and mother - child dyads were investigated as well as the effects of parents» AD on
dyadic emotional expressivity and
dyadic emotional flexibility.
Considering that only little research to date has systematically addressed differences between father - child and mother - child dyads in
these dyadic emotional processes, we explored whether emotional expressivity and flexibility differed between mother - child and father - child dyads with and without AD children.
Nevertheless, intervention studies are needed to investigate whether improvements in child anxiety may also benefit
dyadic emotional flexibility.
Examining these group differences with larger samples is necessary to increase our understanding of the role of
dyadic emotional processes for child anxiety.
This observational study tries to understand differences in
dyadic emotional expressivity and
dyadic emotional flexibility between parent - child dyads with and without AD children.
Together, we think that our results again seem to advocate that problematic emotional interaction patterns of mothers and children are best captured by examining
dyadic emotional flexibility in real - time (Butler 2011; Moore et al. 2013; Van der Giessen et al. 2015).
To further narrow and enhance our understanding of group differences in
dyadic emotional processes, we investigated the effects of parents» AD on emotional expressivity and flexibility in parent - child interactions.
Therefore, a critical question remains whether there are differences between parent - child dyads with AD children and non-AD children in levels of
dyadic emotional expressivity (i.e., dyadic positive and negative affect).
To conclude, although knowledge on emotion regulation difficulties within families with an AD is growing, it is of great importance to gain more insight into
dyadic emotional processes of parent - child dyads unfolding in the moment that are related to child and parent AD.
Measures of
dyadic emotional expressivity (positive and negative affect) and
dyadic emotional flexibility (transitions, dispersion, average duration) were derived from these interactions using state space grid analysis.
Since we were interested in the specific effects of paternal and maternal AD on
the dyadic emotional processes during interactions, analyses were performed separately for father - child and mother - child interactions.
Despite the fact that gender and age impact children's own emotion regulation skills, with girls being more expressive and regulated than boys, and with older children showing more sophisticated emotion expression and better emotion management (Morris et al. 2007), our exploratory results seem to suggest that
dyadic emotional processes of AD and non-AD parent - child dyads do not differ by gender and age.
Preliminary t - tests revealed no differences between children and adolescents in levels of
dyadic emotional expressivity and flexibility.
Future research clarifying micro-level emotional expressions of parents and children is essential to comprehend and target recurring individual and
dyadic emotional patterns that are associated with children's AD.
Not exact matches
Along with utilizing a DIR / Floortime approach, Melanie provides individual,
dyadic, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults, with a special focus on developmental delays, anxiety, depression, social skills, and
emotional regulation.
When
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy developer Dan Hughes first started working with children who struggled with serious behavioral and
emotional problems, he knew something was missing in his approach.
When
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy developer Daniel Hughes first started working with children who struggled with serious behavioral and
emotional problems, he knew something was missing in his approach.
Enhanced
dyadic communication is used as an antidote to PTSD - related
emotional numbing and avoidance as well as a means of increasing
emotional intimacy.
Lindsey Rodriguez, M.A. - Science of Relationships articles Lindsey's interests include the development of a comprehensive,
dyadic perspective for examining how problematic alcohol use and interpersonal relationship processes interact to influence various physical,
emotional, and relational outcomes for individuals and their relationship partners.
Lindsey Rodriguez, Ph.D. - Science of Relationships articles Lindsey's interests include the development of a comprehensive,
dyadic perspective for examining how problematic alcohol use and interpersonal relationship processes interact to influence various physical,
emotional, and relational outcomes for individuals and their relationship partners.
If your child is exhibiting a challenge in the
emotional, social, or behavioral tasks of early childhood,
dyadic treatment (the young child with their caregiver) is available at Equilibria to support parenting, child well - being, and the development of a robust parent - child attachment.
Through positive
dyadic exchanges, children have the opportunity to improve their social and
emotional learning which in turn sets the stage for positive interactions within the peer groups.
Dr. Yeung has co-authored with Dr. Fosha a chapter in Stricker & Gold's A Casebook of Psychotherapy Integration (APA, 2006), titled «AEDP Exemplifies the Seamless Integration of
Emotional Transformation and
Dyadic Relatedness at Work.»
AEDP exemplifies the seamless integration of
emotional transformation and
dyadic relatedness at work.
Doherty et al43 found significant positive effects of the intervention on intrusiveness [0.37 (0.03 to 0.71)-RSB- and
dyadic synchrony [0.46 (0.12 to 0.81)-RSB-, but no significant effects on total score, warmth and
emotional support, engagement with child and positive affect.
Child
emotional and behavioural adjustment, as measured by, for example, the Behaviour Screening Questionnaire (BSQ; Richman 1971); the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach 1991); the Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI; Eyberg 1999); the Child Behaviour Questionnaire (CBQ; Rothbart 2001); the
Dyadic Parent - Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS; Eyberg 1994), etc..
Doherty et al found a significant positive effect on
dyadic synchrony [0.37 (0.03 to 0.71)-RSB-, but no significant effects on total score, warmth and
emotional support, engagement with child, positive affect and intrusiveness.
Maternal
emotional distress affected the reciprocity component of early
dyadic and triadic relationships, whereas infant negative emotionality impacted on the intrusive element of parenting and family - level relationships.
How to bypass defenses and facilitate the
dyadic regulation of previously feared to be unbearable
emotional experience.
Dyadic developmental therapy principally involves creating a «playful, accepting, curious, and empathic» environment in which the therapist attunes to the child's «subjective experiences» and reflects this back to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, voice tone, timing and touch, «co-regulates»
emotional affect and «co-constructs» an alternative autobiographical narrative with the child.
Stress and coping sequences of 10 minutes for each partner were coded using categories of the coding system of the supportive
emotional dyadic coping (SEDC: Bodenmann, 1997).
At the first stage of assessment self - report questionnaires were administered to examine the presence of maternal psychiatric symptoms (SCL -90-R), perceived social support (MSPSS), and marital adjustment (
Dyadic Adjustment Scale); dyadic interactions were observed and rated with the Emotional Availability Scales (Biringen, 2008) at each stage of data colle
Dyadic Adjustment Scale);
dyadic interactions were observed and rated with the Emotional Availability Scales (Biringen, 2008) at each stage of data colle
dyadic interactions were observed and rated with the
Emotional Availability Scales (Biringen, 2008) at each stage of data collection.
Lower values indicated more
emotional flexibility of dyads as they tended to remain in
dyadic emotions for shorter periods of time.
Hence, loneliness can be argued to be the internalized
emotional experience of not only problems with
dyadic friendships, but also of being isolated from cliques.
First, transitions (
emotional switching) assessed the number of
dyadic changes per minute between cells on the state space grid, and it was corrected for differences in total duration of the discussions.
To capture the
emotional expressivity, we derived from GridWare the total duration in seconds of
dyadic positive affect and
dyadic negative affect during father - child and mother - child interactions.
Support behavior was comprised of four specific facets: b1) problem focused
dyadic coping (problem focused support and problem focused common
dyadic coping), b2) verbal
emotional supportive
dyadic coping (verbal
emotional support and
emotional common
dyadic), b3) nonverbal
emotional supportive
dyadic coping and b4) negative
dyadic coping (ambivalent, artificial, verbal and nonverbal hostile
dyadic coping)(see Bodenmann, 1997 for details).
Since none of these studies investigated
emotional expressivity as a real - time sequence of
dyadic emotions, one explanation for our results might be that the role of parents» and children's individual emotions in child anxiety has been overestimated.
Further research should compare
emotional flexibility of parent - child dyads in different clinical groups (e.g., depression, anxiety, conduct disorder), as this would provide an even richer understanding of whether different type of disorders are characterized by similar (or distinctive)
dyadic emotion dynamics during interactions, and such knowledge might inform and facilitate prevention and intervention.
Dyadic Affective Flexibility and
Emotional Inertia in Relation to Youth Psychopathology: An Integrated Model at Two Timescales.
Because we assessed both partners, we used only the 16 items of own
dyadic coping including one's own
emotional («I show my partner through my behaviour when I am not doing well or when I have problems») and problem - focused stress communication («I let my partner know that I appreciate his / her practical support, advice, or help») as well as one's own supportive and common
emotional (e.g. «I show empathy and understanding», «We help one another to put the problem in perspective and see it in a new light»), one's own supportive and common problem - focused («I take on things that my partner would normally do in order to help him / her out», «We try to cope with the problem together and search for ascertained solutions») and one's own negative
dyadic coping (e.g., «I blame my partner for not coping well enough with stress»)(Cronbach's Alpha between α = 0.71 and 0.92).
Reciprocal exchanges between AD mothers and AD children might escalate the experience of negative and positive emotions, making it difficult for dyads to return to the optimal bounds of
emotional functioning, thereby getting stuck in
dyadic emotions (Butler and Randall 2013).
This idea has led researchers to hypothesize that parent - child dyads with high
emotional flexibility, who are able to flexibly shift in and out of a wide range of
dyadic emotions as the situation warrants, are adequately regulating their emotions, which is related to health and well - being (Granic 2005).
Third, average duration (
emotional rigidity) assessed the mean duration of each
dyadic expressed emotion.
Vital information about the
dyadic and interrelated nature of emotions might be missing when examining parents» and children's
emotional expressivity during interactions in isolation from each other.