Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
8-2025
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Rachel Miller-Slough
Committee Members
Diana Morelen, Alyson Chroust
Abstract
Holding a belief that emotions are uncontrollable has been found to relate to several negative impacts (De France & Hollenstein, 2021; Ford et al., 2018; Kappes & Schikowski, 2013; Tamir et al., 2007), but the origin of this belief is not well known. It is known, however, that parents play an important role in their child’s emotional development through the way they respond to their emotions (Eisenberg et al., 1998; Morris et al., 2017). Thus, it was postulated that parent emotion socialization may impact youth implicit theory of emotions later in adolescence. Results found that parental Reward of negative emotions related to stronger beliefs that emotions can be changed in adolescence, whereas fathers’ Magnification of negative emotions related to weaker beliefs that emotions can be changed in adolescence. All in all, these findings may help inform guidance of parenting strategies that promote emotion beliefs that support adolescent mental health.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Harris, Maggie W., "To Change or Not to Change: The Impact of Parent Emotion Socialization on Adolescents’ Implicit Theory of Emotions" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4559. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/4559
Copyright
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