Abstract
Discussion:
The results emphasized that mothers’ awareness about their children’s emotional diffi culties should be increased.
Results:
It was found that adolescents whose mothers had high emotion regulation diffi culties were more likely to have emotion regulation diffi culties compared to those whose mothers experienced less emotion regulation diffi culties. Regarding perceived parental rearing behaviors, adolescents whose mothers had authoritarian behaviors were more likely to have diffi culties in emotion regulation compared to those whose mothers had democratic behaviors.
Method:
Participants of this research were 595 fi rst year high school students and their 365 mothers. Data was collected from both adolescents and their mothers through questionnaire packets. Adolescents’ questionnaire packet consisted of scales measuring emotion regulation diffi culties and parental rearing behaviors. Similarly, mothers’ questionnaire packet consisted of scales measuring emotion regulation diffi culties and how they perceived their children’s emotion regulation diffi culties.
Objective:
The aim of the present study is to examine the relation between emotion regulation diffi culties and parental rearing behaviors of mothers and emotion regulation diffi culties of their children in adolescence. Furthermore, the discrepancy between parents’ and adolescents’ reports in terms of adolescents’ emotion regulation diffi culties will be examined.
Keywords: Parental rearing behaviors, adolescence, emotion regulation diffi culties.
