Parental socialization of emotion and depression in adulthood: The role of attitudes toward sadness

Abstract Introduction Lack of parental care and high parental control have systematically been linked to depression. Dysfunctional schemas explain this relationship. Objective We propose that a retrospective evaluation of unsupportive parental socialization of emotion should predict depression in ad...

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Published in:	Revue européenne de psychologie appliquée Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 15 - 23
Main Authors:	Boucher, M.E, Lecours, S, Philippe, F.L, Arseneault, S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lisse Elsevier SAS 01-01-2013 Paris Centre de psychologie appliquée Swets & Zeitlinger
Subjects:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Anger against the self Attitudes envers la tristesse Attitudes toward sadness Biological and medical sciences Colère contre soi Depression Dépression Emotions Fear Fear of rejection Fear of sadness Internal Medicine Inventories Lead Medical sciences Mood disorders Parental socialization of emotion Perception Peur de la tristesse Peur du rejet Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Reviews Sadness as a complaint Self Socialisation parentale des émotions Tristesse comme plainte Anger against the self Attitudes envers la tristesse Socialisation parentale des émotions Depression Peur du rejet Parental socialization of emotion Sadness as a complaint Colère contre soi Tristesse comme plainte Peur de la tristesse Fear of rejection Dépression Fear of sadness Attitudes toward sadness Human Affect affectivity Social development Attitude Adult Emotion emotionality Socialization
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Summary:	Abstract Introduction Lack of parental care and high parental control have systematically been linked to depression. Dysfunctional schemas explain this relationship. Objective We propose that a retrospective evaluation of unsupportive parental socialization of emotion should predict depression in adulthood and that this relationship should be mediated by negative attitudes toward sadness. Method One hundred and forty undergraduate students (mean age of 22) completed a questionnaire for assessing the socialization of emotion (QSE), another for evaluating types of attitudes toward sadness (QAFET), and the Brief Symptom Inventory Depression scale (BSI-D). Results Results show that four attitudes toward sadness, namely perception of sadness as a complaint, anger against the self if sad, fear of being rejected if sad and fear of where sadness might lead, each partially mediate the relationship between unsupportive parental socialization of emotion and adult depression. Conclusion Our findings have both theoretical and practical implications. On the one hand, we demonstrated that unsupportive parental socialization of emotion and some attitudes toward sadness both predict depression. On the other hand, our results justify a closer look at parental socialization of emotion and attitudes toward sadness when clinically investigating depression.
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ISSN:	1162-9088 1878-3457
DOI:	10.1016/j.erap.2012.11.003