title: Self-defeating personality and memories of parents' child-rearing behaviour.
abstract: A group of 132 nonclinical volunteers was given the Self-defeating Personality Scale and a short version of the Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU) scale to explore correlations of scores for adults' self-defeating traits with memories of parents' child-rearing behaviours. For men, the recall of two rejecting parents and, for women, the memory of a nonsupportive father were significantly correlated with scores of self-defeating traits. The latter scores correlated positively with memories of both overinvolved mother and father for men, while no significant correlation was found among women.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pezzarossa
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Della Rosa
authors.forename: I Alex
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Rubino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept