Family cohesion, shame-proneness, expressive suppression, and adolescent mental health-A path model approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The family remains one of the most important relationship systems into early adulthood and provides an important foundation for lifelong mental health. Dysfunctional family cohesion can promote adjustment problems in adolescents and might also affect adolescents' self-concept and strategies for coping with emotional distress. To test these relationships and the underlying mechanisms, we proposed a dual mediation model describing the associations between family cohesion and internalizing and externalizing problems, mediated by shame-proneness and expressive suppression.

Methods

A sample of 526 German-speaking adolescents aged 14 to 18 years from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland participated in an online self-report survey encompassing questionnaires on family cohes

SUBMITTER: van Eickels RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9382198 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature