Maternal Meta-Emotion Philosophy and Adolescent Depressive Symptomatology

Autor/inn/en	Katz, Lynn Fainsilber; Hunter, Erin C.
Titel	Maternal Meta-Emotion Philosophy and Adolescent Depressive Symptomatology
Quelle	In: Social Development, 16 (2007) 2, S.343-360 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00388.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Adolescents; Interaction; Depression (Psychology); Parent Influence; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Emotional Response; Psychological Patterns; Adjustment (to Environment); Parent Child Relationship; Self Esteem; Behavior Problems; Affective Behavior; Role Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interaktion; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Emotionales Verhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Identifikationsfigur
Abstract	The current study examined the relations between maternal meta-emotion philosophy and adolescent depressive symptoms, as well as general adolescent adjustment and the quality of parent-child interaction. Consistent with previous findings on children in the preschool period and middle childhood, it was expected that an emotion coaching meta-emotion philosophy would be associated with fewer depressive symptoms, higher levels of adjustment and lower frequencies and less reciprocity of aversive and dysphoric affect during mother-child interaction. Maternal meta-emotion interviews, observations of mother-child interaction and assessments of adolescent adjustment were obtained. Results indicated that mothers of adolescents with high levels of depressive symptoms were less accepting and expressive of their own emotions than were mothers of adolescents with low levels of depressive symptoms. A mother's acceptance of her own emotion was associated with fewer depressive symptoms, higher self-esteem and fewer externalizing problems in young adolescents. A mother's emotion coaching was associated with lower frequency and less likelihood of the reciprocity of aversive and dysphoric affect during mother-child interaction. Discussion highlights the role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy in creating emotional closeness in families with high and low levels of depressive symptomatology. (As Provided).
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