On the Link Between Perceived Parental Rearing Behaviors and Self-conscious Emotions in Adolescents

Overview

Journal J Child Fam Stud

Date 2017 Jun 3

PMID 28572716

Citations 4

Authors

Cor Meesters

Peter Muris

Pauline Dibbets

Maaike Cima

Lotte Lemmens

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Abstract

This study examined relationships between the self-conscious emotions of guilt and shame in both clinical ( = 104) and non-clinical ( = 477) (young) adolescents aged 11-18 years, who completed a questionnaire to assess perceived parental rearing behaviors (EMBU-C) and a scenario-based instrument to measure proneness to guilt and shame (SCEMAS). Results indicated that parental rearing dimensions were positively related to self-conscious emotions. Regarding the non-clinical sample, both favourable (emotional warmth) and unfavourable (rejection) paternal and maternal rearing dimensions were significant correlates of guilt- and shame-proneness. The results for the clinical sample were less conclusive: only maternal emotional warmth and rejection were found to be significantly associated with guilt and shame. Interestingly, no associations between any of the paternal rearing dimensions and self-conscious emotions emerged. Taken together, these results are in keeping with the notion that parental rearing factors are involved in the development of both adaptive and maladaptive self-conscious emotions in adolescents.

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