Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-23-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volume

48

Issue Number

1

First Page

26

Last Page

48

DOI

10.1080/00909882.2019.1704827

Keywords

Parental communication, resilience, emotion regulation, behavioral impulsivity, harmful alcohol use

Abstract

This study applied emotion regulation theory to examine parental communication that predicts possible markers of adolescent resilience in families of harmful versus non-harmful parental alcohol use. Parent-adolescent dyads (30 with and 30 without harmful parental alcohol use) participated in video-taped interactions rated for parents' emotion coaching and emotion dismissing communication and adolescents' emotion regulation and behavioral impulsivity. Emotion coaching was positively associated with adolescent emotion regulation and behavioral impulsivity. Emotion dismissing was only positively associated with adolescent behavioral impulsivity. Adolescents in families of harmful alcohol use demonstrated more impulsivity but also showed more emotion regulation in the presence of emotion dismissing communication. Findings suggest that dimensions of parental communication are uniquely associated with potential markers of adolescent resilience. For families of harmful parental alcohol use, results point to a need for greater consistency in parental communication behavior and efficacy in modeling desired expressions of emotions to foster adolescent resilience.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Applied Communication Research on December 23, 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00909882.2019.1704827.


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