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Intergenerational links between parental trauma-related distress and child maladaptive emotion regulation: The role of emotion socialization
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The present study examined developmental pathways beginning in pregnancy and extending into early childhood that contribute to child emotion regulation (ER). Leveraging data from a sample of 157 mixed-sex couples; who largely identified as White and non-Hispanic/Latino; and their typically developing children (50.3% female); we examined whether parental emotion-related socialization behaviors (ERSBs; i.e.; general emotion talk; specific supportive and nonsupportive responses to children’s negative emotions) at preschool age (child age 3) mediated the link between parental trauma-related distress spanning pregnancy to toddler age (2-years postpartum) and child maladaptive ER at the transition to formal schooling (age 5). Chronic elevations in maternal trauma-related distress contributed directly and indirectly to child maladaptive ER at age 5; and maternal nonsupportive responses emerged as a potential pathway driving the intergenerational transmission of emotion dysregulation. In contrast; paternal trauma-related distress neither undermined ERSBs nor contributed to child maladaptive ER. Instead; chronic elevations in paternal trauma-related distress predicted more supportive responses to children’s negative emotions. Results highlight the utility of repeated screening for trauma-related distress and prevention and early intervention efforts targeting parental trauma-related distress and nonsupportive responses to children’s negative emotions. These strategies may help promote adaptive ER at school entry and reduce risk for later psychopathology.
Keywords:
child emotion regulation
emotion socialization
intergenerational transmission
perinatal period
trauma
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