The desire to emulate parental emotional strategies and its relation to emotion dysregulation among emerging adults |
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| Authors: | Emma C Woodward Andres G Viana |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | Emotion regulation (ER) is an integral aspect of emerging adults’ mental health, yet little is known about interpersonal factors that influence ER in during this period. This investigation examines emerging adults’ desire to emulate parental ER skills in the relation between perceived parental ER and emerging adults’ emotion dysregulation.A sample of 79 emerging adults (Mage = 18.55 years, SD = .32; 88.6% female, 69.6% White) completed measures of perceived parental ER (Affective Style Questionnaire ASQ]Hofmann and Kashdan 2010), emotion dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale DERS]Gratz and Roemer 2004), and desire to emulate parental ER (Perception of Emotion Regulation Scale PERS]).A desire to emulate parental ER skills moderated the relationship between perceived parental ER and emerging adults’ emotion dysregulation in general (B = -.10, SE = .048, t = ?2.07, p = .043), and low emotional awareness in particular (B = -.04 SE = .02, t = ?2.47, p = .02).Findings suggest that emerging adults with an increased desire to emulate parents with lower ER skills report greater emotion dysregulation. Implications for clinical practice, along with future directions for the field of ER, are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Emerging adults emotion regulation parenting desire to emulate |
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