Abstract
This study is one of the first to examine emotion socialization behaviors of Turkish mothers; it also provides information
on psychometric properties of the Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES; Fabes et al. 1990) in a sample of
Turkish mothers of preschoolers. Participants were mothers (M
age = 35.07, SD = 4.14) of 141 children attending daycare centers in middle and upper-middle class suburbs of Istanbul. The patterns
of inter-correlations between emotion socialization reactions and general child-rearing behaviors showed that they reflect
related but different aspects of broader parenting styles. Both aspects of parenting displayed associations with child emotional
reactivity in the expected direction, further confirming patterns previously revealed for emotion socialization in Western
samples. The results also confirmed the six emotion socialization behaviors assessed by the CCNES and all dimensions had good
internal consistencies. The pattern of inter-correlations among maternal emotion socialization behaviors, general child-rearing
behaviors, and child negative emotionality confirmed construct validity of the instrument for Turkish mothers.
on psychometric properties of the Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES; Fabes et al. 1990) in a sample of
Turkish mothers of preschoolers. Participants were mothers (M
age = 35.07, SD = 4.14) of 141 children attending daycare centers in middle and upper-middle class suburbs of Istanbul. The patterns
of inter-correlations between emotion socialization reactions and general child-rearing behaviors showed that they reflect
related but different aspects of broader parenting styles. Both aspects of parenting displayed associations with child emotional
reactivity in the expected direction, further confirming patterns previously revealed for emotion socialization in Western
samples. The results also confirmed the six emotion socialization behaviors assessed by the CCNES and all dimensions had good
internal consistencies. The pattern of inter-correlations among maternal emotion socialization behaviors, general child-rearing
behaviors, and child negative emotionality confirmed construct validity of the instrument for Turkish mothers.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s10826-012-9597-x
- Authors
- Özge Altan-Aytun, Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Bilge Yagmurlu, Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- H. Melis Yavuz, Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Journal Journal of Child and Family Studies
- Online ISSN 1573-2843
- Print ISSN 1062-1024