Abstract
This research examined in China two types of parental minimization reactions to adolescents' negative emotions: Devaluing/invalidating that degrades the significance of adolescents' emotions (thereby invalidating adolescents' feelings) versus discounting/mitigating that downplays the seriousness of the situations (thereby mitigating adolescents' emotional arousals). Study 1 had 777 adolescents (389 females; mean age = 12.79 years) complete a survey; Study 2 had 233 adolescents (111 females; mean age = 12.19 years) complete a survey twice spanning around 6 months. Study 1 showed adolescents' perceived maternal devaluing/invalidating and discounting/mitigating reactions as two distinct factors, with different patterns of associations with other supportive versus nonsupportive parenting practices. Study 2 showed that over time, adolescents' perceived maternal devaluing/invalidating reactions predicted their dampened socioemotional functioning; discounting/mitigating reactions predicted their enhanced functioning.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 380-394 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2024 |
Keywords
- Chinese culture
- emotion regulation
- internalizing and externalizing problems
- parental minimization reactions to adolescents' negative emotions
- social competence