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.
Not exact matches
Yet,
emotional demands are different across contexts, and the merit of
emotional expressivity and flexibility might depend
on the specific social context.
Regression analyses indicated that positive
emotional expressivity had limited influence
on marital functioning.
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.
Next, the effects of parental AD
on group differences in
expressivity and flexibility were analyzed in additional repeated measures ANOVAs, with
emotional processes as within - subjects factors, and parental AD (Non-AD child and parent, child AD / non-AD parent, child and parent AD) as between - subjects factor.
This observational study examined differences in
emotional expressivity and
emotional flexibility of parent - child dyads with AD children and non-AD children, the effects of parental AD
on expressivity and flexibility of dyads, and differences between father - child and mother - child dyads.