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Examining the Association Between Family Savoring and Adolescent Depression

Fredrick, Joseph William
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-8552
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1497633213449115

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2017, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
The present study sought to validate and examine family savoring as a family socialization process and test its relation to adolescent positive emotion regulation and depression. The first two aims focused on developing an observational account of family savoring and examining whether it is distinct from additional family socialization processes (parental warmth and family expressiveness of positive emotions). The final three aims investigated: i) whether observed family savoring uniquely accounts for variance in adolescent positive emotion regulation, ii) if observed family savoring is inversely related with adolescent depression, and iii) if adolescent positive emotion regulation mediates the relation between observed family savoring and adolescent depression. Eighty-four adolescents (Mage= 14.01, 60.7% girls) their primary female caregiver (Mage = 41.19, 88% mothers) completed a series of questionnaires and engaged in a Plan a Day Trip interaction task. Results validated the observational account of family savoring and demonstrated that it is a related, yet distinct construct from other family socialization processes of positive affect. Furthermore, results revealed that observed maternal savoring in a future oriented task predicted higher adolescent effective positive emotion regulation which, in turn, was related to decreased adolescent depressive symptoms. These findings may inform therapists to encourage families to model appropriate strategies for regulating positive emotions through frequent discussion and attention to positive life events.
Aaron Luebbe, PhD (Advisor)
55 p.
Psychology
emotion socialization; positive affect; positive affect regulation; adolescent depression

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  • Fredrick, J. W. (2017). Examining the Association Between Family Savoring and Adolescent Depression [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1497633213449115

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fredrick, Joseph. Examining the Association Between Family Savoring and Adolescent Depression. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1497633213449115.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fredrick, Joseph. "Examining the Association Between Family Savoring and Adolescent Depression." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1497633213449115

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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