Recalled Parental Emotion Socialisation and Psychological Distress: The Role of Emotional Schemas.

ABSTRACT: Recalled parental emotion socialisation has been associated with psychological distress in adulthood. Since emotional schemas develop from interpersonal interaction and can result in pathological reactions, they can be an important mechanism. The present study analyses the mediator role of emotional schemas in the relationship between recalled parental emotion socialisation and psychological distress. A community sample of 246 Portuguese adults, between 18 and 73 years old (M = 34.3, SD = 13.32), completed the following self-report measures: Emotional (In)Validation Experiences Scale; Leahy Emotional Schema Scale; and Brief Symptom Inventory 18. Two mediation models were estimated, one for each parent. Emotional schemas mediated the relationship between recalled parental emot

SUBMITTER: Sebastiao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12394774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature