TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental socialization of children's dysregulated expression of emotion and externalizing problems
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Losoya, Sandra
AU - Fabes, Richard
AU - Guthrie, Ivanna K.
AU - Reiser, Mark
AU - Murphy, Bridget
AU - Shepard, Stephanie A.
AU - Poulin, Rick
AU - Padgett, Sarah J.
PY - 2001/6
Y1 - 2001/6
N2 - The relations of parents' warmth, emotional expressivity, and discussion of emotion to 2nd-5th graders' regulation of emotional expressivity, externalizing problem behaviors, and expressivity were examined. Parents' and children's facial expressions to evocative slides were observed, as was parents' discussion of the slides, and parents and teachers provided information on children's regulation of expressivity and problem behavior. Analyses supported the hypothesis that the effect of parental variables on children's problem behavior was at least partly indirect through their children's regulation of emotion. Children's low negative (versus positive) facial expressivity to negative slides was associated with problem behavior for boys. A reversed model did not support the possibility that children's functioning had causal effects on parenting. The findings suggest that parents' emotion-related behaviors are linked to children's regulation of expressivity and externalizing behaviors.
AB - The relations of parents' warmth, emotional expressivity, and discussion of emotion to 2nd-5th graders' regulation of emotional expressivity, externalizing problem behaviors, and expressivity were examined. Parents' and children's facial expressions to evocative slides were observed, as was parents' discussion of the slides, and parents and teachers provided information on children's regulation of expressivity and problem behavior. Analyses supported the hypothesis that the effect of parental variables on children's problem behavior was at least partly indirect through their children's regulation of emotion. Children's low negative (versus positive) facial expressivity to negative slides was associated with problem behavior for boys. A reversed model did not support the possibility that children's functioning had causal effects on parenting. The findings suggest that parents' emotion-related behaviors are linked to children's regulation of expressivity and externalizing behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1037//0893-3200.15.2.183
DO - 10.1037//0893-3200.15.2.183
M3 - Article
C2 - 11458628
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 15
SP - 183
EP - 205
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 2
ER -