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Emotion Regulation in Families of Children with Behavior Problems and Nonclinical Comparisons.
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Journal of Child & Family Studies . Jul2018, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p2467-2480. 14p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The current study compared parents’ emotion regulation (ER) in clinical (those with a child with externalizing behavioral problems) and low-risk comparison families. Additionally, mediation models were explored with parent ER predicting child behavior problems through child ER. Participants were 60 families with children (71.7% boys; 73% Caucasian) ages 2 through 8 years (M = 4.62; SD = 1.69) from a rural population in the United States: 34 clinical families referred for parent training and 26 nonclinical families. A blocking design was used to balance the two groups on key demographic characteristics. Parents’ and children’s ER was assessed using parent-report surveys and structured behavioral observations. Analyses indicated higher rates of parental emotion dysregulation (specifically, more difficulty when upset with achieving goal-directed behaviors, p = .01, d = 0.67; controlling impulses, p = .01, d = 0.64; limited use of ER strategies, p = .02, d = 0.62; and more negative verbalizations to their child during the observed task, p < .01, d = 0.73) and child emotion dysregulation (specifically, more difficulty as reported by parents, p < .01, d = −2.42) in the clinical group. Mediational analyses indicated there were indirect paths from parental ER to children’s behavioral problems through child ER. Findings from this research suggest a need to measure and target ER in both parents and their children when working with families who are referred for treatment of child behavior problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FAMILIES & psychology
*EMOTIONS in children
*BEHAVIOR disorders in children
*EXTERNALIZING behavior
*PARENTING education
*RURAL Americans
*IMPULSE (Psychology)
*MANAGEMENT
*PARENT-child relationships
*PSYCHOLOGY of parents
*PROBABILITY theory
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SELF-management (Psychology)
*CONTROL groups
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10621024
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child & Family Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130603122
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1081-9