Mother–Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescents' Behavior Problems in a Multicultural Sample: The Mediating Role of Representations

Sher‐Censor, Efrat; Koren‐Karie, Nina; Getzov, Smadar; Rotman, Pazit

doi:10.1111/jora.12327

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“…Future studies could employ the well-validated Autobiographical Emotional Events Dialogue developed by Koren-Karie et al (2003), based on Fivush (1991). In this procedure, parents and children are invited to discuss the children’s past emotional experiences, and the extent to which parents provide supportive guidance is assessed (Hsiao et al, 2015; Sher-Censor et al, 2017). The procedure could be adapted to the specific context of rejection sensitivity, and mother and child could be invited to discuss past events that may suggest peer rejection.…”

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Associations of mothers’ rejection sensitivity with children’s cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions: The mediating role of maternal supportive behaviors

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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This study examined the associations between mothers’ predisposition to show rejection sensitivity and children’s cognitions regarding peer rejection and their social self-perceptions. It also explored whether these associations were mediated by mothers’ behaviors in situations that might suggest their children were rejected by peers. Participants were 122 Jewish Israeli mothers and their kindergarten children (50.82% female; MChild age in months = 67.52, SD = 6.35). Mothers completed the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and reported their likely behaviors in scenarios suggesting the rejection of their children by peers. Children were interviewed using the response evaluation scale for the rejection stories in the Social Information Processing Interview–Preschool Version and the peer acceptance subscale of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children. Results revealed indirect links between mothers’ rejection sensitivity and children’s maladaptive response evaluations and lower social self-perceptions, through fewer supportive maternal behaviors. These findings highlight the need to consider parents’ dispositions and behaviors in the context of their children’s peer interactions for a more complete understanding of the development of children’s social competence.

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Associations of mothers’ rejection sensitivity with children’s cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions: The mediating role of maternal supportive behaviors

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“…Indeed, research has indicated that ineffective parenting practices are linked with both dysregulated representations (Martoccio et al, 2016) and regulatory challenges (Hindman & Morrison, 2012;Morris et al, 2002;Pears et al, 2015). Schore (2000) took this one step further and claimed that attachment itself is a regulatory mechanism; attachment involves regulating incoming sensory information while simultaneously regulating interpretational and behavioral output (Bretherton & Munholland, 1999;Sher-Censor et al, 2018). Thus, dysregulated representations may be a particularly salient mechanism explaining connections between ineffective parenting practices and poor effortful control in children.…”

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Children's Dysregulated Representations Mediate Ineffective Parenting Practices and Effortful Control in Lower Income Families

2020

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Objective Rooted in attachment theory, we tested the degree to which children's dysregulated representations mediate linkages between ineffective parenting and children's effortful control in a sample of lower income families. Background Children in lower income households are at greater risk for difficulties with effortful control. Although ineffective parenting practices may influence children's development of effortful control, there is limited knowledge related to the mechanisms underlying this association. According to attachment theory, it is possible that children who experience ineffective parenting practices have more dysregulated representations, which may then be linked with poorly regulated behavior. Method This cross‐sectional study included 40 preschool‐age children enrolled in Head Start and their mothers. Ineffective parenting practices were operationalized using mothers' self‐reported parenting styles and observed parenting behaviors; children's dysregulated representations and effortful control were measured during a series of observed laboratory tasks. Structural equation modeling was used to test pathways between measured variables. Results The relation between ineffective parenting practices and children's effortful control was not directly related; however, structural equation modeling indicated a significant indirect effect through children's dysregulated representations. Children whose mothers were more ineffective in their parenting had more dysregulated representations. In turn, more dysregulated representations were related to poorer effortful control. Conclusion Children who experience ineffective parenting practices may be less likely to internalize reliable expectations regarding their environment's structure and order. Poorly stabilized perceptions may inhibit adaptive social and behavioral functioning. Implications These findings inform intervention efforts aimed toward enhancing parenting practices to improve children's representations and effortful control behaviors.

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“…Second, as the FMSS includes only a single broad question, it can be easily adapted to different contexts. As shown above, FMSS-Coherence can be used not only for interviewing parents about their children, but also for interviewing them about their romantic partner (River, L., et al, 2019) and for interviewing adolescents about their parents 34 . However, extending the use of the FMSS-Coherence method to other relational contexts should be done with caution.…”

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“…Although the results of this study are promising, replication is needed with mothers of typically developing children. Second, although varied participants' characteristics were examined in prior FMSS-Coherence research 29,30,31,32,33,34 , whether personality characteristics of parents shape the coherence of their FMSS awaits future research. Third, future studies would benefit from examining not only mothers' but also fathers' FMSS-Coherence and their association with paternal sensitivity and child socio-emotional adaptation.…”

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“…The notion underlying this approach is that coherent narratives and incoherent narratives are qualitatively different 4 . However, growing evidence from attachment research 41 as well as a few FMSS-Coherence studies 30,34 suggest that the variation underlying FMSS-Coherence may be distributed continuously. Thus, additional studies are needed with large samples that would allow examination of individual differences among parents who narrate coherently and among parents who narrate incoherently and their associations with parenting quality and child's outcomes.…”

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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Sher‐Censor

2019

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Valid and efficient measures for assessing the quality of parent-child relationships are needed to facilitate research and evidence-based practice with parents. This paper focuses on such a method, namely Five-Minute Speech Sample-Coherence (FMSS-Coherence). In this method, a parent is asked to speak for five uninterrupted minutes about her/his child and their relationship. The resulted narrative is coded for coherence, namely the extent to which the parent provides in the narrative a clear, consistent, multidimensional and well-supported portrayal of the child. FMSS-Coherence is based on attachment research that shows that the coherence of parents' narratives is indicative of the quality of the parentchild relationship and child adjustment. It overcomes the limitations of attachment narrative measures which are typically labor intensive. FMSS-Coherence is less nuanced than extant attachment narrative measures. Yet, studies of families from different cultural backgrounds, across different child ages and in the context of typically developing children as well as children with special needs suggest that coherence can be reliably evaluated using the FMSS procedure. Furthermore, parents' FMSS-Coherence is associated with parenting quality and children's socio-emotional adjustment. Thus, it holds promise for researchers and practitioners who seek a relatively time-and cost-effective method for assessing the coherence of parents' narratives regarding their child. Video Link The video component of this article can be found at https://www.jove.com/video/60025/ 14 , the Parent Developmental Interview 15 and the Insightful Assessment 16,17 , in which parents are invited to narrate regarding their child. Due to their length and costs, the employment of these methods in large-scale research and practice with parents is relatively limited. To overcome this drawback, this paper introduces a new method for assessing the coherence of parents' short narratives elicited using the FMSS procedure.

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Mother–Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescents' Behavior Problems in a Multicultural Sample: The Mediating Role of Representations

Cited by 7 publications

References 66 publications

Associations of mothers’ rejection sensitivity with children’s cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions: The mediating role of maternal supportive behaviors

Associations of mothers’ rejection sensitivity with children’s cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions: The mediating role of maternal supportive behaviors

Children's Dysregulated Representations Mediate Ineffective Parenting Practices and Effortful Control in Lower Income Families

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

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