title: Emotion socialization and internalizing behavior problems in diverse youth: A bidirectional relationship across childhood.
abstract: Mothers' and fathers' emotion socialization (ES) practices have been widely associated with child socioemotional outcomes. To extend this research, we examined the bidirectional relationship between parent ES practices (supportive and non-supportive parenting) and internalizing behavior problems in children of Anglo and Latino parents. Participants were 182 mothers and 162 fathers and their children with or without intellectual disability (ID). We compared the stability of mother and father ES practices across child ages 4-8. We utilized cross-lagged panel modeling to examine the bidirectional relationship between parents' ES and child internalizing behavior problems. Emotion socialization practices differed across time by parent gender, with mothers displaying higher levels of supportive parenting and lower levels of non-supportive parenting than fathers. Cross-lagged panel models revealed differential relationships between child internalizing behaviors and emotion socialization practices by parent gender and by ethnicity. Implications for intervening with culturally diverse families of children with ID are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, United States. Electronic address: naomi.rodas@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Naomi V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Rodas
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, United States.
authors.forename: Denise A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chavira
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, United States.
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005006:Ethnicity; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D044465:White People
keywords: Emotion socialization; Ethnicity; Fathering; Intellectual disability; Internalizing behavior problems; Mothering