Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
The Cascade Effect of Parent Dysfunction: An Emotion Socialization Transmission Framework
Originally published 2020-10-15 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579519 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How does my own stress shape what I hear when my child is distressed?
The model connects adults’ own difficulty regulating emotion with how they respond when a child has strong feelings.
Who was studied?
Seven hundred and five mothers and fathers reporting on themselves and their children.
Age / stage: Ages 8–12
Read with three questions
- What separate roles did modeling, regulating emotion and responding to the child play in the tested model?
- Whose perspective is represented by the ratings, and whose perspective is missing?
- How does my own stress shape what I hear when my child is distressed?
Keep the limits in view
Reports from this sample may reflect who participated and how the questions were worded. Associations alone do not establish that a parenting response caused the outcome.
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Jessica A. Seddon; Rita Abdel-Baki; Sarah Feige; Kristel Thomassin (2020). The Cascade Effect of Parent Dysfunction: An Emotion Socialization Transmission Framework Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579519
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