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Recalled Parental Emotion Socialisation and Psychological Distress: The Role of Emotional Schemas
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Recalled parental emotion socialisation has been associated with psychological distress
in adulthood. Since emotional schemas develop from interpersonal interaction and can
result in pathological reactions, they can be an important mechanism. The present
study analyses the mediator role of emotional schemas in the relationship between
recalled parental emotion socialisation and psychological distress. A community sample
of 246 Portuguese adults, between 18 and 73 years old (M = 34.3, SD = 13.32),
completed the following self-report measures: Emotional (In)Validation Experiences
Scale; Leahy Emotional Schema Scale; and Brief Symptom Inventory 18. Two mediation
models were estimated, one for each parent. Emotional schemas mediated the relationship between recalled parental emotion socialisation and psychological distress.
Negative evaluation of emotion was the strongest mediator in the relationship between
emotional invalidation and psychological distress while difficulties in reappraisal was the
strongest mediator in the relationship between emotional validation and psychological
distress. Differences were observed between the motherās and fatherās models. Results highlight the importance of emotional schemas in understanding the role of parental
emotion socialisation in psychological distress, which may have important implications
for intervention and prevention.
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Beliefs about emotions Emotional invalidation Emotional schemas Parental emotion socialisation Psychological distress
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SebastiĆ£o, R., Neto, D. D., & Silva, A. N. (2023). Recalled Parental Emotion Socialisation and Psychological Distress: The Role of Emotional Schemas. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941231204304