Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.
Fam Process. 2024 Sep;63(3):1521-1530. doi: 10.1111/famp.12939. Epub 2023 Sep 13.
Parent-centered emotion socialization beliefs that children should manage their emotions on their own without parent support may seem convenient for parents but may actually relate to greater parenting stress if this approach is incompatible with children's developmental needs. We explored relations between mothers' and fathers' parent-centered autonomy beliefs about children's emotions and their parenting stress, controlling for child behavior problems and parent education. We also examined whether these associations varied depending on child age. Participants included 142 mothers and 60 paired fathers with a 5- to 8-year-old child who completed survey measures on parenting and child behavior. The sample was primarily White (59%) or Hispanic (20%) and low (44%) to middle income (47%). Path analyses revealed significant actor effects, such that mothers and fathers who endorsed more parent-centered emotion socialization beliefs reported greater parenting stress. Partner effects showed that mothers also reported greater parenting stress when their partners endorsed more parent-centered emotion socialization beliefs. Child age did not moderate these associations. Findings are discussed in terms of developmentally appropriate parenting expectations, gender roles for family emotion work, and practical implications.
父母中心情绪社会化信念认为孩子应该自己管理情绪，而不需要父母的支持，这种信念对父母来说似乎很方便，但如果这种方法与孩子的发展需求不兼容，实际上可能与更大的育儿压力有关。我们探讨了母亲和父亲对孩子情绪的以父母为中心的自主性信念与他们的育儿压力之间的关系，同时控制了孩子的行为问题和父母的教育程度。我们还研究了这些关联是否因孩子的年龄而异。参与者包括 142 名母亲和 60 对配对父亲，他们有 5 至 8 岁的孩子，完成了关于育儿和孩子行为的调查测量。该样本主要是白人（59%）或西班牙裔（20%），收入较低（44%）到中等（47%）。路径分析显示了显著的演员效应，即支持更多以父母为中心的情绪社会化信念的母亲和父亲报告了更大的育儿压力。伴侣效应表明，当母亲的伴侣支持更多以父母为中心的情绪社会化信念时，母亲也报告了更大的育儿压力。儿童年龄并没有调节这些关联。研究结果从发展适当的育儿期望、家庭情感工作的性别角色以及实际影响等方面进行了讨论。
