Date Approved
2022
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department or School
Psychology
Committee Member
Jamie Lawler, Ph.D., Chair
Committee Member
Angela Staples, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Tamara Loverich, Ph.D.
Abstract
The present study evaluates the mediating role of parent emotion regulation (ER) and parent emotion-related socialization behaviors (ERSBs) in the relation between parent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and child ER. Caregivers of children ages 2 through 5 (inclusive) completed traditional and expanded ACEs scales, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form, the Coping with Toddlers’ Negative Emotions Scale, and the Emotion Regulation Checklist. Data analysis involved correlation and mediation analyses. Parent difficulties in ER statistically mediated the association between parent ACEs and child ER such that a higher expanded ACEs score was associated with more parent difficulties in ER, and these difficulties were related to lower child ER. Although parent ER and supportive ERSBs independently contribute to child ER, data did not support a mediational role for ERSB or sequential mediation. Findings suggest that parent ER may be one avenue for the reduction of intergenerational transmission of trauma.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Sarah E., "Pathways from parental adverse childhood experiences to child emotion regulation: The role of parent emotion regulation and emotion socialization" (2022). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 1169.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1169