Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood?
Abstract Harsh parenting can predispose a child to emotional distress, whereas a supportive childhood environment furthers later subjective well-being. We investigated whether the mother’s self-reported assessment of her strictness and the adult offspring’s recollections of the disciplinary methods...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2022030822380 2023-07-30T04:05:50+02:00 Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? Kiviniemi, A. A. (Annukka A. I.) Koivumaa-Honkanen, H. J. (Heli-Tuulie J.) Heikkinen, H. P. (Hanna P.) Moilanen, I. K. (Irma K.) Ebeling, H. E. (Hanna E.) 2022 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022030822380 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emotional distress/ anxiety/depression Parental images Parental strictness Parent–child relationship Physical/corporal punishment info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:59:05Z Abstract Harsh parenting can predispose a child to emotional distress, whereas a supportive childhood environment furthers later subjective well-being. We investigated whether the mother’s self-reported assessment of her strictness and the adult offspring’s recollections of the disciplinary methods of their parents are reflected in the adult offspring’s recalled parental images and current emotional distress, anxiety and depression as assessed by the Hopkins Symptom Check List (HSCL-25). Further, we investigated whether the offspring’s parental images were also associated with the HSCL-25 scores. Data was collected from northern Finland. The mothers responded to a questionnaire when their child was seven years old (N = 354) and the adult offspring responded at age 28–29 (N = 337). The mother’s assessment of her own strictness was associated both with the adult offspring’s dominating images of their parents and their current emotional distress, anxiety and depression. The offspring’s recollections of restriction and corporal punishment were associated with dominating parental images, and these images further with current emotional distress, anxiety and depression of the offspring. Correspondingly, the offspring’s recollections of parental dialogic discipline were associated with supportive and sociable parental images, and recalled paternal dialogic discipline was associated with lower current emotional distress, particularly in the female offspring. In conclusion, harsh parenting was associated with dominating parental images, which in turn were associated with emotional distress in adulthood. Dialogic discipline and the father’s role in parenting were emphasized in the offspring’s well-being, but more research is needed to assess the importance of paternity for the offspring’s subjective well-being. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Emotional distress/ anxiety/depression Parental images Parental strictness Parent–child relationship Physical/corporal punishment Kiviniemi, A. A. (Annukka A. I.) Koivumaa-Honkanen, H. J. (Heli-Tuulie J.) Heikkinen, H. P. (Hanna P.) Moilanen, I. K. (Irma K.) Ebeling, H. E. (Hanna E.) Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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Abstract Harsh parenting can predispose a child to emotional distress, whereas a supportive childhood environment furthers later subjective well-being. We investigated whether the mother’s self-reported assessment of her strictness and the adult offspring’s recollections of the disciplinary methods of their parents are reflected in the adult offspring’s recalled parental images and current emotional distress, anxiety and depression as assessed by the Hopkins Symptom Check List (HSCL-25). Further, we investigated whether the offspring’s parental images were also associated with the HSCL-25 scores. Data was collected from northern Finland. The mothers responded to a questionnaire when their child was seven years old (N = 354) and the adult offspring responded at age 28–29 (N = 337). The mother’s assessment of her own strictness was associated both with the adult offspring’s dominating images of their parents and their current emotional distress, anxiety and depression. The offspring’s recollections of restriction and corporal punishment were associated with dominating parental images, and these images further with current emotional distress, anxiety and depression of the offspring. Correspondingly, the offspring’s recollections of parental dialogic discipline were associated with supportive and sociable parental images, and recalled paternal dialogic discipline was associated with lower current emotional distress, particularly in the female offspring. In conclusion, harsh parenting was associated with dominating parental images, which in turn were associated with emotional distress in adulthood. Dialogic discipline and the father’s role in parenting were emphasized in the offspring’s well-being, but more research is needed to assess the importance of paternity for the offspring’s subjective well-being. |
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Kiviniemi, A. A. (Annukka A. I.) Koivumaa-Honkanen, H. J. (Heli-Tuulie J.) Heikkinen, H. P. (Hanna P.) Moilanen, I. K. (Irma K.) Ebeling, H. E. (Hanna E.) |
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Kiviniemi, A. A. (Annukka A. I.) Koivumaa-Honkanen, H. J. (Heli-Tuulie J.) Heikkinen, H. P. (Hanna P.) Moilanen, I. K. (Irma K.) Ebeling, H. E. (Hanna E.) |
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Kiviniemi, A. A. (Annukka A. I.) |
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Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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Is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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is a harsh childhood growth environment reflected in parental images and emotional distress in adulthood? |
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