TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion dysregulation between mothers, fathers, and adolescents
T2 - Implications for adolescents' internalizing problems
AU - Cheung, Rebecca Y.M.
AU - Chan, Long Yin
AU - Chung, Kevin K.H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Introduction: The present study calls attention to the longitudinal relations between mothers', fathers', and adolescents' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems. To this end, we tested the associations between family members' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems over time. Methods: Over a 12-month period, 386 Chinese families from Hong Kong involving mothers, fathers, and adolescent children (children at 12–17 years of age; boys = 185, girls = 201) completed a set of questionnaires twice. Results: Multi-group path analysis revealed unidirectional effects of mothers' emotion dysregulation on fathers' and adolescents' emotion dysregulation over time. Adolescents' emotion dysregulation was also related to their subsequent internalizing problems. The associations did not differ as a function of adolescents' gender. Conclusion: The present findings underscore the significance of mothers' emotion dysregulation on fathers' and adolescents' emotion dysregulation. As a risk factor, adolescents' emotion dysregulation was also predictive of their internalizing problems 12 months later. Taken together, this study serves to inform prevention and intervention efforts in promoting emotion regulation as a family asset associated with fewer adolescents' internalizing problems.
AB - Introduction: The present study calls attention to the longitudinal relations between mothers', fathers', and adolescents' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems. To this end, we tested the associations between family members' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems over time. Methods: Over a 12-month period, 386 Chinese families from Hong Kong involving mothers, fathers, and adolescent children (children at 12–17 years of age; boys = 185, girls = 201) completed a set of questionnaires twice. Results: Multi-group path analysis revealed unidirectional effects of mothers' emotion dysregulation on fathers' and adolescents' emotion dysregulation over time. Adolescents' emotion dysregulation was also related to their subsequent internalizing problems. The associations did not differ as a function of adolescents' gender. Conclusion: The present findings underscore the significance of mothers' emotion dysregulation on fathers' and adolescents' emotion dysregulation. As a risk factor, adolescents' emotion dysregulation was also predictive of their internalizing problems 12 months later. Taken together, this study serves to inform prevention and intervention efforts in promoting emotion regulation as a family asset associated with fewer adolescents' internalizing problems.
KW - Emotion dysregulation
KW - Father-child dynamics
KW - Internalizing problems
KW - Mother-child dynamics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.07.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 32745793
AN - SCOPUS:85088873307
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 83
SP - 62
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -
