title: Parent predictors of adolescents' explanatory style.
abstract: The current study tested the prospective relations (six month lag) between three aspects of the parent-child relationship at Time 1 (T1) and adolescents' explanatory styles at Time 2 (T2): caregiving behaviors, parents' explanatory style for their own negative events, and parents' explanatory style for their children's negative events. The sample included 129 adolescents aged 11 to 14 years at baseline and their parents. Adolescents reported on their own explanatory style and their parents' caregiving behaviors; parents self-reported on their caregiving behaviors and their explanatory style for their own and their children's events. Regression analyses identified maternal acceptance as a significant predictor of T2 adolescents' explanatory style. Marginal effects emerged for fathers' psychological control and fathers' explanatory style for their children's events. Findings suggest that the ways parents - especially mothers - interact with their children may play a role in adolescents' cognitive vulnerability to depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT; Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
authors.forename: Clorinda E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Vélez
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brunwasser
authors.affiliation: Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Freres
authors.affiliation: Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Rachel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Abenavoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gillham