Associations Between Fathers» and Mothers» Psychopathology Symptoms,
Parental Emotion Socialization, and Preschoolers» Social - Emotional Development.
Parents strongly shape emotional experience and emotion regulation (ER) in their children, but, interestingly, the effect of
parental emotion socialization on ER appears to be partially mediated by autonomic processes [2].
Consistent with our expectations, parental psychopathology symptoms in part predict child social - emotional development via
parental emotion socialization.
There is ample evidence for the direct paths that form the basis for this potential mediation effect, namely (1) the path from parents» psychopathology symptoms to impaired
parental emotion socialization behaviors and (2) the path from impaired emotion socialization to maladaptive child social - emotional development.
Although certain aspects of the methodology limit conclusions, the findings of this study suggest that emotion socialization differs in girls and boys, and these differences are consistent with models that link specific
parental emotion socialization approaches (e.g., punishment of negative emotions) to psychopathology — a question that deserves further exploration.
The same is true for studies examining the effect of
parental emotion socialization on child social - emotional development.
To test our main hypotheses, the resulting
parental emotion socialization variables were entered alongside potential confounds in multiple regression analyses, with multi-informant CU traits scores as the dependent variable.
To this end, we reported on results from two independent, yet complementary studies that assessed unique dimensions of
parental emotion socialization.
Considering that conduct - problem children with CU traits demonstrate significant interpersonal deficits in their emotional functioning, and that parents play a fundamental role in socializing the ways in which children understand, experience, express, and regulate emotions [22]; it is surprising that the topic of
parental emotion socialization in the families of children with CU traits has received very limited attention from researchers.
Below we will delineate the particular emotion - related characteristics of children with elevated CU traits, and then we will discuss theory and prior research on
parental emotion socialization, and its significance for children manifesting these traits.
The significant relationships between
parental emotion socialization beliefs and DBD symptoms were in expected directions and in line with results from some previous studies [34, 35], and provide support for the convergent validity of this study's brief version of the ERPSST.
Regarding the negative aspects of
parental emotion socialization, higher levels of parents» dismissing of child emotion — as directly observed during family emotional conversations — have demonstrated relationships with elevated behavioral problems [37].
Table 2 shows descriptive statistics for children's DBD symptoms (i.e., CP and ADHD symptoms) and CU traits, and
parental emotion socialization variables; as well as the bivariate correlations among these variables.
We also examined the potentially confounding effects of children's externalizing symptoms, to confirm unique relationships between
parental emotion socialization and levels of CU traits.
This paper reports on two separate studies that examined unique dimensions of
parental emotion socialization in relation to childhood CU traits, using different methods and independent samples of families.
In both studies, based on our rationale described above, we expected to find significant relationships between higher CU traits and a more negative pattern of
parental emotion socialization beliefs and practices; including less coaching and acceptance of emotions, and more dismissing and disapproval of emotions.
Parental emotion socialization in adolescence: Differences in sex, age and problem status.
Parental Emotion Socialization in Clinically Depressed Adolescents: Enhancing and Dampening Positive Affect.
The role of perceived discrepancies in
parental emotion socialization practices in the relation between marital adjustment and adolescent psychopathology
Not exact matches
«When I have a bad dream, my Mommy holds me»: Preschoolers conceptions of
emotions,
parental socialization, and emotional competence.
«When I have a bad dream, my Mommy holds me»: Preschoolers conceptions of
emotions,
parental socialization, and emotional competence.
Developmental transitions as windows to
parental socialization of
emotion.
Parental socialization of
emotion.
Past research regarding
parental meta -
emotion philosophy has demonstrated concurrent and longitudinal relationships between parents»
emotion socialization beliefs and practices and children's internalizing, externalizing, and peer problems [33].
Although some studies have not found a direct relationship between parents»
emotion socialization beliefs and conduct problems [36], prior results provide support for an indirect association wherein
parental emotion coaching influences children's emotional competence (e.g., affect regulation), which in turn is linked to severity of behavioral problems [33].
Further, despite accumulated findings on
parental socialization, and early childhood research that shows that teachers are engaging in
emotion socialization behaviours, we know little about how teachers (or, for that matter, peers or siblings) socialize children's EC.34 Research is also needed to discern possible indirect contributors to EC, such as
parental psychopathology, divorce, poverty and child care quality.
Given that psychological problems often reflect disturbances in emotional functioning (Kring and Bachoroswki 1999), one area of parenting that might be particularly prone to the impact of
parental psychological problems is
emotion socialization, i.e., parents» emotional expressiveness, their reactions to child
emotions, and
parental emotion talk (Eisenberg et al. 1998).
Furthermore, to date research on the effects of
parental psychological problems on
emotion socialization focused mainly on parents» internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and (to a lesser extent) anxiety, while little attention has been given to the potential negative consequences of parents» externalizing symptoms like outbursts of anger and impulsive behavior.
Our study provides insight in the intergenerational transmission of
parental psychopathology to child behavior problems via
emotion socialization.
However, the indirect effect of
parental psychopathology symptoms on child social - emotional development via parents»
emotion socialization behaviors has rarely been studied.