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Jessica A Seddon1, Rita Abdel-Baki1, Sarah Feige1
1Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in Psychology
|November 16, 2020
Summary
Parental internalizing psychopathology and emotion dysregulation negatively impact children
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Parental psychopathology and emotion dysregulation are linked to child internalizing problems.
- Understanding the transmission mechanisms from parent to child is crucial for intervention.
- Emotion socialization plays a key role in child emotional development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To test a cascade model of parent dysfunction transmission to children.
- To examine the mediating roles of parental emotion socialization and child emotion regulation.
- To investigate if parent gender influences these transmission pathways.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 705 parents and their 8-12-year-old children participated.
- Parents reported on their psychopathology, emotion regulation, and socialization practices.
- A split-sample method was used for model development and validation.
Main Results:
- A model was supported where parent dysfunction transmits to children via unsupportive emotion socialization and child emotion dysregulation.
- Supportive emotion socialization did not mediate this transmission.
- Indirect effects did not differ by parent gender.
Conclusions:
- Parental internalizing psychopathology and emotion dysregulation increase unsupportive emotion socialization.
- Unsupportive socialization impacts children's emotion regulation skills and internalizing risk.
- Findings suggest a mechanism for intergenerational transmission of psychopathology.
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