Ehlers, Paul-Sebastian (2023) The Effect of Perceived Parenting Style on Emotion Dynamics: How Parents can Determine Inertia. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The prepubescent times are the most troubling for a plethora of adolescents, which face many struggles regarding emotions, interpersonal relationships, or similar topics. An alarming increase of psychopathology has been found in this cohort. This paper aims to add to the research on parenting styles by investigating the impact of an emotionally-neglectful, overprotective, or a balanced parenting style on the emotional coping capabilities of a child. The ages between 12 to 18, as well as from 19 to the participants current age were investigated via a retrospective self-report questionnaire. Furthermore, we explored inertia of negative emotions at the participant’s current age. The sample for the analysis consisted of a total of 128 individuals, 70% of which were female with an overall mean age of about 25 years of age for both genders. A one-way ANOVA was conducted with our sample and we found a significant difference between the parenting styles for coping at a young age. When the means were compared with T-tests, the emotionally-neglectful parenting yielded a significantly lower mean for coping capabilities at a young age, as compared to either of the other two parenting styles. This suggested that the vulnerability of children at that age seems to be higher as compared to older ages, in which we have not found significant results that would confirm our hypothesis. Parents can use part of this information for educated decision making on how to tailor parenting styles to the needs of the child, and potentially their own capabilities.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ernst, A.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2023 16:27 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2023 16:27 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1643 |
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