University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Florida International University, North Miami, FL.
Fam Process. 2020 Dec;59(4):1722-1736. doi: 10.1111/famp.12516. Epub 2019 Nov 29.
This study examined the hypothesis that parent socialization of coping (SOC) would have a longitudinal relation with child emotion regulation abilities. Participants included a sample of 256 parents of 5- to 12-year-old children (child M age = 8.36, SD = 2.03, 54.7% male; parent M age = 34.49, SD = 6.20, 59% female). Data on demographic information, parenting behaviors, and child emotion regulation abilities were collected via online questionnaires at baseline and 12 months. Results from longitudinal structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses suggested that parent SOC, measured at baseline, predicted child adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation, measured 12 months later. More specifically, parental engagement coping suggestions predicted child's adaptive emotion regulation, whereas parental disengagement coping suggestions predicted child's maladaptive emotion regulation. Further, child gender emerged as a moderator in the longitudinal association between socialization of engagement coping and child adaptive emotion regulation: Whereas this association was small and marginally significant for girls, it was large and statistically significant for boys. Results highlight the importance of parent SOC as potentially contributing to emotion regulation abilities of 5- to 12-year-olds.
本研究检验了这样一个假设，即父母对应对方式的社会化（SOC）会与儿童的情绪调节能力产生纵向关系。参与者包括 256 名 5 至 12 岁儿童的父母（儿童平均年龄= 8.36，标准差= 2.03，54.7%为男性；父母平均年龄= 34.49，标准差= 6.20，59%为女性）。通过在线问卷在基线和 12 个月时收集人口统计学信息、育儿行为和儿童情绪调节能力的数据。纵向结构方程模型（SEM）分析的结果表明，基线测量的父母 SOC 预测了 12 个月后儿童的适应性和适应性情绪调节。更具体地说，父母参与应对建议预测了孩子的适应性情绪调节，而父母不参与应对建议则预测了孩子的适应性情绪调节。此外，儿童性别在社会化的参与应对与儿童适应性情绪调节的纵向关联中表现出调节作用：对于女孩，这种关联虽然小，但具有边缘显著意义，而对于男孩，这种关联则大且具有统计学意义。研究结果强调了父母 SOC 作为潜在的情绪调节能力贡献者的重要性，适用于 5 至 12 岁的儿童。
