Children?s social and emotional behavior: Role of maternal emotion regulation, psychopathological symptomatology, and family functioning

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho-Sim?es, S?nia
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: In?cio, Filipa, Espirito-Santo, Helena
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/Carvalho-Sim?es, S., In?cio, F., Esp?rito-Santo, H. (2022). Children?s social and emotional behavior: Role of maternal emotion regulation, psychopathological symptomatology, and family functioning. An?lise Psicol?gica, 1(XL), 117-131. https:// doi.org.10.14417/ap.1905; https://doi.org/https://doi.org.10.14417/ap.1905
• topic: Comportamento social e emocional dos filhos - Children?s social and emotional behavior; Capacidades e dificuldades - Strengths and difficulties; M?es - Mothers; Funcionamento familiar - Family functioning; Sa?de mental - Mental health; Autocompaix?o - Self-compassion; Autocriticismo - Self-criticism

Resumo: A investiga??o demonstra que as estrat?gias de regula??o emocional maternas (autocr?tica e autocompaix?o), sa?de mental e funcionamento familiar t?m impacto no funcionamento da crian?a e do adolescente. Devido ? escassez de estudos, temos como objetivos analisar: (1) as associa??es entre estrat?gias de regula??o emocional materna, sintomatologia psicopatol?gica, funcionamento familiar, e a perce??o materna do comportamento social e emocional dos filhos ; (2) as diferen?as na perce??o materna do comportamento social e emocional dos filhos consoante as caracter?sticas da m?e, dos filhos e da fam?lia; (3) o papel preditivo da regula??o emocional materna na perce??o materna do comportamento social e emocional dos filhos. Uma amostra de 431 m?es (25-59 anos), com filhos de 4-17 anos (55,5% do sexo masculino), respondeu ao Question?rio de Capacidades e Dificuldades, Systemic Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15), Invent?rio de Sintomas Psicopatol?gicos, Escala das Formas do Autocriticismo e Autotranquiliza??o e Escala de Autocompaix?o. Os resultados mostraram associa??es positivas entre o autocriticismo, a sintomatologia psicopatol?gica materna, pior funcionamento familiar e problemas sociais e emocionais dos filhos, e entre autocompaix?o materna e comportamento prossocial dos filhos. M?es que relataram baixos rendimentos, educa??o escolar b?sica, hist?ria de doen?a psiqui?trica e cujos filhos tiveram altera??es no comportamento precoce perceberam mais dificuldades sociais e emocionais nos seus filhos. O autocriticismo materno foi o principal preditor das dificuldades sociais e emocionais das crian?as e adolescentes. Em conclus?o, as estrat?gias de regula??o emocional materna e a sintomatologia psicopatol?gica est?o associadas ao funcionamento familiar e ao comportamento social e emocional dos filhos. / Research has demonstrated that maternal emotion regulation strategies (self-criticism and self-compassion), mental health, and family functioning impacts child functioning. Due to the paucity of studies, we aimed to analyze: (1) the associations between maternal emotion regulation strategies, psychopathological symptomatology, family functioning, and mother?s perceived child social and emotional behavior (SEB); (2) the differences in mother?s perceived child SEB, according to maternal, child and family characteristics; (3) the predictive role of maternal emotion regulation in mother?s perceived child SEB. A sample of 431 mothers (25-59 years), with children aged 4-17 years (55.5% male), answered the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale, and the Self-Compassion Scale. The results showed positive associations between self-criticism, maternal psychopathological symptomatology, worse family functioning and child social and emotional problems, as well between maternal self-compassion and child prosocial behaviors. Mothers who reported low income, elementary school education, a history of psychiatric illness and whose children had early behavior changes perceived more social and emotional difficulties in their children. Maternal self-criticism was the main predictor of child social and emotional difficulties. In conclusion, maternal emotion regulation strategies and psychopathological symptomatology are associated with family functioning and child SEB.