Responses to Children's Sadness: Mothers' and Fathers' Unique Contributions and Perceptions

Autor/inn/en	Cassano, Michael C.; Zeman, Janice L.; Sanders, Wesley M.
Titel	Responses to Children's Sadness: Mothers' and Fathers' Unique Contributions and Perceptions
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 60 (2014) 1, S.1-23, Artikel 2 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Fathers; Parent Attitudes; Socialization; Psychological Patterns; Children; Elementary School Students; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; Spouses; Predictor Variables; Emotional Response; Hypothesis Testing; Vignettes; Coping; Coding; Correlation; Interaction; Sons; Daughters + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Elternverhalten; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ehepartner; Prädiktor; Emotionales Verhalten; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Bewältigung; Codierung; Programmierung; Korrelation; Interaktion; Son; Sohn; Daughter; Tochter
Abstract	Parental socialization of children's sadness was examined through self-report, spouse report, and a parent-child sadness discussion task. A total of 79 two-parent, predominantly White, middle-class families participated with one child in grades 2-5 (44 sons; M = 9 years, 8 months). Analyses revealed that mothers and fathers respond differently to their sons' and daughters' expressions of sadness. Based on spouse report, mothers provide more support for their sons' sadness expressivity, whereas fathers provide more support for their daughters' sadness expressivity. Agreement between self-report and spouse report was observed for fathers but not mothers. Concordance between parents' socialization practices was found for self-reports of supportive behaviors. For both parents, the strongest predictor of observed sadness support was spouse report of supportiveness. Results are discussed with implications for emotion-socialization processes and emotion assessment highlighted. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10