Negative Parenting, Adolescents’ Emotion Regulation, Self-Efficacy in Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Adjustment

Laura Di Giunta, Carolina Lunetti, Giulia Gliozzo, W. Andrew Rothenberg, Jennifer E. Lansford, Nancy Eisenberg, Concetta Pastorelli, Emanuele Basili, Irene Fiasconaro, Eriona Thartori, Ainzara Favini and Alessia Teresa Virzì
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Laura Di Giunta: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Carolina Lunetti: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Giulia Gliozzo: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
W. Andrew Rothenberg: Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Jennifer E. Lansford: Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Nancy Eisenberg: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Concetta Pastorelli: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Emanuele Basili: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Irene Fiasconaro: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Eriona Thartori: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Ainzara Favini: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Alessia Teresa Virzì: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: This study examines associations between parents’ rejection and control, adolescents’ self-efficacy in their regulation of negative emotions, and maladjustment. Path analyses were employed to test (a) whether adolescents’ dysregulation and self-efficacy regarding anger/sadness regulation mediate the relationship between parental rejection/control and adolescent maladjustment; (b) whether adolescent adjustment mediates the association between parental rejection/control and dysregulation and self-efficacy regarding anger/sadness regulation. Participants included 103 Italian adolescents (Time 1: M age = 15.57; 53% male), their mothers ( n = 103), and their fathers ( n = 79). Follow up data were assessed one year later (Time 2). At Time 1, adolescent reports of the frequency of mothers’ and fathers’ rejection and control were examined. At Time 2, adolescent-reports of their beliefs about self-efficacy in regulating anger and sadness, as well as anger and sadness dysregulation, were assessed by two methods: questionnaire and mobile ecological momentary assessment. At Time 2, mothers’, fathers’, and adolescents’ reports of adolescents’ aggressive behaviors and depressive problems were also assessed. Maternal rejection was associated with higher one year later aggressive problems, which in turn were associated with higher dysregulation of sadness, and lower self-efficacy in dealing with both anger and sadness. In addition, maternal rejection was associated with higher depressive symptoms one year later, which in turn were associated with lower self-efficacy in dealing with sadness and higher dysregulation of both anger and sadness. Finally, maternal control was associated with higher depressive symptoms, whereas paternal control was associated with lower depressive symptoms.

Keywords: self-efficacy; emotion regulation; adolescence; parenting; maladjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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