Guo Jinhong, Mrug Sylvie, Knight David C
Ohio State University.
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Int J Dev Sci. 2019;13(1-2):41-51. doi: 10.3233/dev-190266. Epub 2019 Jul 29.
This study examined coping strategies as mediators of the relationship between parental emotion socialization and internalizing problems in late adolescence and emerging adulthood, and whether these relationships varied by gender or ethnicity. Participants were 1,087 individuals (M = 19.35 years; 50% male; 61% African American, 36% European American). Results from structural equation modeling indicated that parental supportive responses to sadness and fear were associated with less emotional distress, and this relationship was partly mediated by greater use of task-oriented coping and lower use of emotion-oriented coping. Parental unsupportive responses were related to greater emotional distress, and this relationship was fully mediated by greater use of emotion-oriented coping. Gender and ethnic differences emerged in the links between parental responses and several coping strategies. The findings suggest that parental emotion socialization may contribute to emotional functioning by fostering specific coping strategies, with some differences across gender and ethnicity.
本研究考察了应对策略在父母情绪社会化与青少年晚期及成年早期内化问题之间关系中的中介作用，以及这些关系是否因性别或种族而异。参与者为1087人（平均年龄19.35岁；50%为男性；61%为非裔美国人，36%为欧裔美国人）。结构方程模型的结果表明，父母对悲伤和恐惧的支持性反应与较少的情绪困扰相关，且这种关系部分由更多地使用任务导向型应对方式和较少地使用情绪导向型应对方式所介导。父母的非支持性反应与更多的情绪困扰相关，且这种关系完全由更多地使用情绪导向型应对方式所介导。在父母反应与几种应对策略之间的联系中出现了性别和种族差异。研究结果表明，父母的情绪社会化可能通过培养特定的应对策略来影响情绪功能，且在性别和种族方面存在一些差异。
