COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGIES IN ADOLESCENCE: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF MOTHERS' BELIEFS ABOUT SHAMING AND NEGATIVE PARENTING ON MALADAPTIVE STRATEGIES

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2024-4-15

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AKKAYA TAHTA, Sevinç

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This thesis examined cognitive emotion regulation strategies in adolescence through two studies using a representative sample from Türkiye. Study 1 examined the use of five cognitive emotion regulation strategies (i.e., self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, positive refocusing and reappraisal) across different school levels and genders. Moreover, the adaptiveness of the strategies was tested in relation to internalizing and externalizing problems by considering moderating role of school level and gender. Study 2 examined maternal antecedents of putatively maladaptive regulation strategies. Specifically, mothers’ beliefs about shaming, and negative parenting behaviors, namely maternal rejection and psychological control were investigated as possible risk factors for maladaptive strategies. In light of the literature suggesting that parenting beliefs predict developmental outcomes through parenting behaviors, the mediating role of negative parenting behaviors in the relationship between mothers’ shaming beliefs and maladaptive strategies was tested. Moreover, the school level and gender were examined as possible moderating factors in the mediation link. Study 1 revealed that maladaptive strategies increase as the school level increases, while some adaptive strategies decreases, especially for girls. Moreover, regardless of gender, positive reappraisal was negatively associated with internalizing problems in primary school. On the other hand, positive refocusing negatively but self-blame and catastrophizing positively predicted internalizing and externalizing problems in secondary school. Study 2 showed that mothers’ shaming beliefs predicted positively maternal rejection in primary and secondary school. Also, maternal rejection negatively predicted rumination, whereas psychological control positively predicted all maladaptive strategies in all school levels. The results were discussed in the light of the literature

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Bilişsel Duygu Düzenleme Stratejileri, Ebeveynlik İnanışları, Utandırma, Olumsuz Ebeveynlik

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/109195

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis