Parent's emotional expressiveness and child, parent, and family functioning
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Psychology
First Advisor's Name
Marilyn Montgomery
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
William Kurtines
Third Advisor's Name
Jacob Gewirtz
Date of Defense
7-27-2005
Abstract
This study investigated associations between parents' expressed emotion during a series of play tasks with their child, and psychological assessments of parent, child, and family functioning. Parent and child dyads included 41 families with a child between ages 4 and 12 who sought a developmental assessment at the Youth and Family Development Program laboratory at Florida International University. Videotaped dyadic play tasks were rated, using an Emotional Expressiveness Rating Scale (EERS) developed for this study, for parents' communication of criticism, hostility, emotional over-involvement, indifference, and warmth toward their child. Associations between parent expressed emotion and parent, child, and family functioning were assessed. Negative expressed emotion in parents, particularly criticism, was correlated with externalizing child problems, high parental stress, and family conflict; parent warmth was correlated with parents' feeling rewarded by their child, and with family cohesion. The implications for mental health research and practice with parents and children are discussed.
Identifier
FI14051865
Recommended Citation
Bryson, Jessica, "Parent's emotional expressiveness and child, parent, and family functioning" (2005). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1880.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1880
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