Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
PLoS One. 2019 Feb 13;14(2):e0212331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212331. eCollection 2019.
The present study tested a theoretical model of emotion regulation between parent-offspring dynamics and emerging adults' adjustment. The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, were investigated for the effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults' adjustment. A sample of 352 Chinese emerging adults in Hong Kong (230 female, 121 male) participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on structural equation modeling indicated that greater mother-offspring intimacy and father-offspring intimacy predicted emerging adults' better cognitive reappraisal and psychological, social, and general health. Greater mother-offspring conflict also predicted more expressive suppression and poorer psychological and social functioning. Distinctive mediation pathways as a function of parents' gender were identified. These findings enrich the literature for parent-offspring dynamics and emotion regulation as explanatory processes of emerging adults' adjustment.
本研究检验了亲子动态与成年早期个体适应之间的情绪调节理论模型。研究调查了情绪调节策略（包括认知重评和表达抑制）的中介作用，以探究母子动态和父子动态对成年早期个体适应的影响。本研究的样本包括 352 名来自中国香港的成年早期个体（230 名女性，121 名男性）。参与者被要求完成一套自我报告问卷。基于结构方程模型的研究结果表明，母子亲密程度和父子亲密程度越高，成年早期个体的认知重评能力越强，心理、社会和一般健康状况越好。母子冲突越大，表达抑制能力越强，心理和社会功能越差。研究还发现了父母性别作为调节变量的独特中介途径。这些发现丰富了亲子动态和情绪调节作为成年早期个体适应解释过程的文献。
