Effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults' adjustment: The mediating role of emotion regulation

Rebecca Y.M. Cheung; Man Chong Leung; Kevin K.S. Chan; Chun Bun Lam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212331

Effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults' adjustment: The mediating role of emotion regulation

Rebecca Y.M. Cheung^*
, Man Chong Leung
, Kevin K.S. Chan
, Chun Bun Lam

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Early Childhood Education
The Education University of Hong Kong
Centre for Psychosocial Health
Centre for Child and Family Science

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The present study tested a theoretical model of emotion regulation between parent-offspring dynamics and emerging adults' adjustment. The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, were investigated for the effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults' adjustment. A sample of 352 Chinese emerging adults in Hong Kong (230 female, 121 male) participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on structural equation modeling indicated that greater mother-offspring intimacy and father-offspring intimacy predicted emerging adults' better cognitive reappraisal and psychological, social, and general health. Greater mother-offspring conflict also predicted more expressive suppression and poorer psychological and social functioning. Distinctive mediation pathways as a function of parents' gender were identified. These findings enrich the literature for parent-offspring dynamics and emotion regulation as explanatory processes of emerging adults' adjustment.

Original language	English
Article number	e0212331
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212331
Publication status	Published - Feb 2019
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