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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies 7/2023

14-04-2023 | Original Paper

Maternal and Paternal Emotion Socialization and Children’s Physiological Stress Regulation

Auteurs: Anna Beth Burniston, Courtney P. Chan, Jessica M. Vicman, Patricia A. Smiley, Stacey N. Doan

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 7/2023

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Abstract

Parental emotion socialization (ES) has been correlated with children’s adaptive emotion regulation. However, few studies have examined simultaneously the influence of mothers’ and fathers’ supportive ES practices on children’s physiological stress regulation, as indexed by cortisol—and the potential moderating role of child gender. In the present study, participants were 42 mothers, fathers, and their preschool-aged children (Mage = 42.36 months; 24 girls). Emotion socialization was assessed via observational coding and child stress regulation was measured through salivary cortisol samples taken throughout a series of stressor tasks. We found that greater maternal supportive ES significantly predicted children’s lower total cortisol output, while greater paternal supportive ES significantly predicted children’s higher total cortisol output. Child gender did not moderate the relations. Our findings underscore the important preventative opportunity for parents to teach children how to adaptively cope with emotions, which could influence their physiological ability to regulate the stress response.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Maternal and Paternal Emotion Socialization and Children’s Physiological Stress Regulation
Auteurs
Anna Beth Burniston
Courtney P. Chan
Jessica M. Vicman
Patricia A. Smiley
Stacey N. Doan
Publicatiedatum
14-04-2023
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 7/2023
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02491-y

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