Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 319-328.

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The Relation between the Modes of Second-Year High School Students’ Emotion Regulation and Their Parents’ Reactions

ZHOU Si-li1,2, HOU Zhi-jin1, SHAO Jin1, ZHU Ma1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    2. Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hongkong, Shatin, H K
  • Online:2011-05-15 Published:2011-05-15

Abstract: The study examined the relation between fathers and mothers' reactions to students' negative emotions (sadness,fear,and anger) and emotion regulation modes of second-year senior high school students (male and female) based on Self-Determination Theory.A questionnaire survey was conducted with a final sample size of 500 students.Structural Equation Model was used to compare two theoretical models.The results indicated that the emotion regulation modes of the targeted participants were more predictive to their parents' reaction modes,comparing to the predictiveness of parents' reaction modes to students' emotion regulation modes.This finding was more significant for female students than for males.The relation between students' emotion regulation modes and their parents' reaction modes were similar under all emotion conditions; fathers and mothers' reaction to students' emotion regulation modes were similar as well.However,difference existed between female and male students on the relation between their emotion regulation modes and their parents' reaction modes.Specifically,male students' suppressive and dysregulated emotion regulations predicted both fathers and mothers' controlling reactions,and their integrated emotion regulation modes predicted both fathers and mothers' supportive reactions.Regarding the female students,their suppressive and dysregulated emotion regulation modes could predict both father and mothers' controlling reactions,while their integrated emotion regulation mode could not predict parents' supportive reactions.

Key words: emotion regulation, reaction mode, second-year senior high school student, Self-Determination Theory

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  • B844.2
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