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A Naturalistic Observational Study on the Contributions of Maternal and Child Characteristics on Preschooler’s Regulation of Anxiety

Inboden, Karis
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592231438266325

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2020, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human Ecology: Human Development and Family Science.
Anxiety disorders are among the most common forms of childhood psychopathology and are associated with both short-term and long-term impairments in a child’s socioemotional functioning (Buss & McDoniel, 2016). Using both naturalistic and laboratory observational methods, this study examined the prospective contribution of maternal parenting behaviors and emotion expression and children’s compliance behaviors and self-evaluative statements on children’s adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation in response to an anxiety eliciting situation. This study also examined the moderating role of child sex on the relationship between maternal characteristics and children’s emotion regulation in response to anxiety. Participants were 105 mother-child dyads. Children were assessed at ages 3-4 (T1) and 5-6 (T2). At T1, mother-child dyads participated in a one-day naturalistic observation where their conversations were recorded at home. At T2 children’s adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation in response to anxiety was assessed in a laboratory observation wherein children were given three increasingly difficult puzzles to complete under a time restriction. Results indicated that mothers’ general positivity and emotion coaching behaviors in the home positively and significantly influence children’s use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies in response to stress/anxiety in the lab. Additionally, child sex significantly moderated the relationship between mother’s emotion coaching behaviors and children’s adaptive emotion regulation in the lab. Regarding maladaptive emotion regulation, results suggested that children who use more positive self-evaluative statements and engage in more noncompliant behaviors in response to parental requests or demands exhibit higher levels of maladaptive emotion regulation in response to anxiety
Xin Feng (Advisor)
Jen Wong (Committee Member)
55 p.
Psychology
anxiety; emotion coaching; emotion regulation; parenting; emotion socialization; preschool

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  • Inboden, K. (2020). A Naturalistic Observational Study on the Contributions of Maternal and Child Characteristics on Preschooler’s Regulation of Anxiety [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592231438266325

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Inboden, Karis. A Naturalistic Observational Study on the Contributions of Maternal and Child Characteristics on Preschooler’s Regulation of Anxiety. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592231438266325.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Inboden, Karis. "A Naturalistic Observational Study on the Contributions of Maternal and Child Characteristics on Preschooler’s Regulation of Anxiety." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592231438266325

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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