Parental criticism affects adolescents' mood and ruminative state: Self-perception appears to influence their mood response.
J Exp Child Psychol
; 235: 105728, 2023 11.
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ABSTRACT
Feeling and/or being criticized is a known risk factor for various psychiatric disorders in adolescents. However, the link between the experience of social stressors and the development of psychopathological symptoms is not yet fully understood. Identifying which adolescent subgroups are more vulnerable to parental criticism could be of great clinical relevance. In this study, 90 nondepressed 14- to 17-year-old adolescents were exposed to a sequence of auditory segments with a positive, neutral, and finally negative valence, mirroring parental criticism. Their mood and ruminative states were assessed before and after exposure to criticism. We observed an overall increase in mood disturbance and ruminative thoughts. Self-perception appeared to influence these mood changes, whereas no significant influence by perceived criticism, self-worth, or the general tendency to ruminate was found. Emotional awareness seemed to account for some of the variance in positive mood state changes. These findings point to the importance of adolescent self-perception (and emotional awareness) in dealing with parental criticism.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Afecto
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Emociones
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Humans
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En
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J Exp Child Psychol
Año:
2023
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Article