Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth

This cross-sectional study draws on the emotional climate of the family component of the tripartite model of the impact of the family context on children’s emotion regulation. It aims to explore the associations between emotion regulation and early memories of warmth and safeness, parental antipathy...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Célia Barreto Carvalho, Alice Sá da Bandeira, Filipa Cordeiro, Rodrigo Costa, Marco Teixeira, Joana Moura Cabral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2025-07-01
Series:Psychologica
Subjects:
Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/14316
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850079097030443008
author Célia Barreto Carvalho
Alice Sá da Bandeira
Filipa Cordeiro
Rodrigo Costa
Marco Teixeira
Joana Moura Cabral
author_facet Célia Barreto Carvalho
Alice Sá da Bandeira
Filipa Cordeiro
Rodrigo Costa
Marco Teixeira
Joana Moura Cabral
author_sort Célia Barreto Carvalho
collection DOAJ
description This cross-sectional study draws on the emotional climate of the family component of the tripartite model of the impact of the family context on children’s emotion regulation. It aims to explore the associations between emotion regulation and early memories of warmth and safeness, parental antipathy and neglect, and parental attachment. A representative sample of 8,622 participants (52.4% girls), with ages between 12 to 21 years old (M = 15.5, SD = 1.8), and self-report measures were used. In the multiple regression, parental trust, maternal neglect, the female gender, maternal antipathy, early memories of warmth and safeness, parental alienation, and parental communication were uniquely associated with emotion regulation (in decreasing order of explanatory strength). These results support the tripartite model of the impact of the family context on children’s emotion regulation by extending it to youth and emphasize the relevance of promoting emotionally intelligent and secure family contexts to increase the likelihood of youth’s developing adaptive emotion regulation strategies.
format Article
id doaj-art-e92e7f6af761475998970b21c8c72d49
institution DOAJ
issn 0871-4657
1647-8606
language English
publishDate 2025-07-01
publisher Coimbra University Press
record_format Article
series Psychologica
spelling doaj-art-e92e7f6af761475998970b21c8c72d492025-08-20T02:45:19ZengCoimbra University PressPsychologica0871-46571647-86062025-07-016810.14195/1647-8606_68_1Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in YouthCélia Barreto Carvalho0Alice Sá da Bandeira1Filipa Cordeiro2Rodrigo Costa3Marco Teixeira4Joana Moura Cabral5University of the AzoresUniversity of the AzoresUniversity of the AzoresUniversity of the AzoresFamily Therapy and Systemic Intervention CenterUniversity of the AzoresThis cross-sectional study draws on the emotional climate of the family component of the tripartite model of the impact of the family context on children’s emotion regulation. It aims to explore the associations between emotion regulation and early memories of warmth and safeness, parental antipathy and neglect, and parental attachment. A representative sample of 8,622 participants (52.4% girls), with ages between 12 to 21 years old (M = 15.5, SD = 1.8), and self-report measures were used. In the multiple regression, parental trust, maternal neglect, the female gender, maternal antipathy, early memories of warmth and safeness, parental alienation, and parental communication were uniquely associated with emotion regulation (in decreasing order of explanatory strength). These results support the tripartite model of the impact of the family context on children’s emotion regulation by extending it to youth and emphasize the relevance of promoting emotionally intelligent and secure family contexts to increase the likelihood of youth’s developing adaptive emotion regulation strategies. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/14316youthearly memories of warmth and safenessparental antipathy and neglectparental attachmentemotion regulation
spellingShingle Célia Barreto Carvalho
Alice Sá da Bandeira
Filipa Cordeiro
Rodrigo Costa
Marco Teixeira
Joana Moura Cabral
Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
Psychologica
youth
early memories of warmth and safeness
parental antipathy and neglect
parental attachment
emotion regulation
title Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
title_full Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
title_fullStr Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
title_full_unstemmed Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
title_short Family Environment and Early Experiences and Their Associations with Emotion Regulation in Youth
title_sort family environment and early experiences and their associations with emotion regulation in youth
topic youth
early memories of warmth and safeness
parental antipathy and neglect
parental attachment
emotion regulation
url https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/14316
work_keys_str_mv AT celiabarretocarvalho familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth
AT alicesadabandeira familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth
AT filipacordeiro familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth
AT rodrigocosta familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth
AT marcoteixeira familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth
AT joanamouracabral familyenvironmentandearlyexperiencesandtheirassociationswithemotionregulationinyouth