Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 504-512.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.04.15

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Association between Parental Emotion Expressiveness and Adolescents' Behavior Problem: the Mediating Role of the Parent-Child Attachment and Loneliness

PENG yuan, ZHU lei, WANG zhenhong   

  1. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
  • Online:2018-07-15 Published:2018-07-15

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Abstract: The present study examined the relation between parental emotion expressiveness and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problem, as well as the mediating role of attachment and loneliness. Totally 688 adolescents (348 boys and 340 girls) from grade 7 and grade 10 in Xi'an of Shaanxi province participated in this study. Self-Expressiveness in the Family Questionnaire, Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory, Loneliness Scale and Youth Self-Report were used to assess the main variables in this study. The results showed that Parent-child attachment and loneliness had multiple mediation effect between parental emotion expressiveness and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problem. Specifically, parental emotion expressiveness affected problem behavior through both mediated roles of attachment or loneliness and chain-mediated role of attachment and loneliness. In summary, this study uncovered the mechanism underlying the relationship between parental emotion expressiveness and adolescents' problem behavior, which contributes to the understanding of the complex mechanism between parental emotional socialization and adolescents development.

Key words: parental emotion expressiveness, internalizing and externalizing problem, parent-child attachment, loneliness, adolescent

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  • B844

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