Parental Emotion Socialization Predicts Early Adolescents' Emotion Regulation: A Longitudinal and Multimethod Examination in Trauma-Exposed Families

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Title: Parental Emotion Socialization Predicts Early Adolescents' Emotion Regulation: A Longitudinal and Multimethod Examination in Trauma-Exposed Families
Language: English
Authors: Carolyn A. Greene (ORCID 0000-0002-2371-8029), Sarah A. O. Gray (ORCID 0000-0002-7592-3702), Elizabeth A. Skowron (ORCID 0000-0002-6612-807X), Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan
Source: Journal of Early Adolescence. 2026 46(5):746-766.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Contract Number: K23HD094824
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Emotional Response, Socialization, Self Control, Trauma, Self Management, Coping, Affective Behavior, Predictor Variables, Parenting Styles, Physiology, Preadolescents, Individual Characteristics
DOI: 10.1177/02724316251347288
ISSN: 0272-4316
1552-5449
Abstract: Bolstering emerging adolescents' emotion regulation may help promote resilience to emotional disorders. This may be especially critical among offspring of parents who have experienced trauma, who are at increased risk of mental health problems. This study examines the influence of parental emotion socialization on emerging adolescents' behavioral and physiological regulation. Thirty-two parents who experienced interpersonal trauma and their 9- to 12-year-old emerging adolescents (M[subscript ageT1] = 10.8 years; M[subscript ageT2] = 11.5 years) completed reports of parental emotion socialization behaviors at baseline, and reports of youth's emotion coping, emotionally dysregulated behaviors, and affective symptoms at follow-up. Youth's RSA reactivity was also assessed. Parents' unsupportive responses predicted youth's behavioral dysregulation and less adaptive physiological regulation, and parents' supportive responses predicted youth's coping behaviors. Youth's behavioral and physiological regulation was concurrently associated with their affective symptoms. These findings suggest that parental emotion socialization plays a critical role in emerging adolescents' physiological and behavioral regulation.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1500054
Database: ERIC
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