Examination of emotion regulation in the family context: A mixed method study from Turkey

Yıl 2023, , 90 - 105, 02.05.2023

Cansu Alsancak-akbulut Nur Elibol-pekaslan Huri Gül Bayram Gülaçtı Başak Şahin-acar

https://doi.org/10.57127/kpd.26024438m000080X

Öz

Individuals use different strategies dealing with their negative emotions and these strategies are associated with various adjustment outcomes. In the family context, parental emotion regulation strategies are also linked to the children’s emotion regulation. One aim of the current study was to examine the type of emotion regulation strategies used by parents in the Turkish cultural context. Another aim was to exploratorily investigate whether parents’ emotion regulation processes emerge in a way that predicts their children’s emotion dysregulation. One hundred seven families that had a child attending primary school participated in this study. We conducted semi-structured interviews with the parents at their homes. Child emotion dysregulation was also measured with the Emotion Regulation Checklist. Based on content analysis, the findings revealed four main themes showing a converging pattern among parents, namely non-confrontation, proactive strategies, metacognitive strategies, and dysregulated expression. In the subsequent quantitative part of the study, parental adaptiveness scores for emotion regulation strategies were calculated to examine relationships with children’s emotion dysregulation. The findings of separate hierarchical regression analyses for mothers and fathers indicated that the maternal, but not paternal, adaptiveness level in emotion regulation significantly predicted the child’s emotion dysregulation after controlling for parental education and the child’s age and gender. These qualitative and quantitative findings could contribute to the literature by drawing a comprehensive picture of emotion regulation in the family context in Turkey.

Anahtar Kelimeler

emotion regulation strategies, content analysis, child emotion dysregulation, mixed method

Duygu düzenlemenin aile bağlamında incelenmesi: Türkiye'den karma yöntemli bir çalışma

Öz

Olumsuz duygularla baş etmek için bireyler farklı stratejiler kullanmaktadır. Bu stratejiler çeşitli uyum problemleriyle ilişkilidir. Aile bağlamında, ebeveynlerin duygu düzenleme stratejileri, çocuklarının duygu düzenleme becerileri ile de bağlantılıdır. Mevcut çalışmanın ilk amacı, Türk kültürü bağlamında ebeveynlerin kullandığı duygu düzenleme stratejilerini incelemektir. Mevcut çalışmanın bir diğer amacı, ebeveynlerin duygu düzenleme süreçlerinin, çocuklarının duygu düzenleme becerisini ön görecek şekilde ortaya çıkıp çıkmayacağını araştırmaktır. Bu araştırmaya ilkokula devam eden çocuğu olan 107 ebeveyn katılmıştır. Ebeveynlerle ev ortamlarında yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ayrıca, çocukların duygu düzenleme becerileri Duygu Düzenleme Becerileri Ölçeği ile ölçülmüştür. İçerik analizine dayalı olarak, bulgular ebeveynler arasında benzer bir örüntü gösteren dört ana tema ortaya koymaktadır: yüzleşmeden kaçınma, proaktif stratejiler, üstbilişsel stratejiler ve düzensiz ifade. Araştırmanın nicel kısmında, çocukların duygu düzenleme becerileri ile ilişkisini incelemek amacıyla ebeveynlerin kullandıkları duygu düzenleme stratejilerinin uyumluluğunu gösteren uyum düzeyleri puanı oluşturulmuştur. Anne ve babalar için ayrı gerçekleştirilen hiyerarşik regresyon analizlerinin bulguları, ebeveyn eğitimi, çocuğun yaşı ve cinsiyeti kontrol edildikten sonra, duygu düzenleme stratejilerinde annenin uyum düzeyinin çocuğun duygu düzensizliğini anlamlı ölçüde yordadığını göstermiştir. Babalar için anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır. Nitel ve nicel bulguların, Türkiye'de aile bağlamında, duygu düzenleme alanında kapsamlı bir tablo çizerek alanyazına katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

duygu düzenleme stratejileri, içerik analizi, çocuklarda duygu düzenleme becerileri, karma yöntem

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