Neke odrednice reagiranja roditelja na negativne emocije djece

master's thesis

• Title (english): Some determinants of parental response to children's negative emotions
• Author: Marija Marić
• Mentor: Ema Petričević (mentor)
• Committee member: Daria Rovan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Diana Olčar (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ema Petričević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Djeca svakodnevno ispoljavaju širok spektar emocija koje su često snažne te zbog svog emocionalnog razvoja često imaju ograničenu sposobnost priopćavanja vlastitih emocija okolini. Ponekad ni roditelji sami ne mogu iskontrolirati vlastite emocije što znatno utječe na dijete i njegove reakcije. Reakcija roditelja na dječje emocije jest izuzetno bitna jer djeca u interakciji sa svojim roditeljima diferenciraju i modificiraju svoje izražavanje emocija, oponašaju roditelje i tako stvaraju obiteljske obrasce ponašanja. Stoga je cilj ovog rada bio ispitati neke odrednice reagiranja roditelja na negativne emocije djece. U ovome se istraživanju ispitivao doprinos spola roditelja, razine obrazovanja, regulacije emocija roditelja te roditeljske samoefikasnosti nekim aspektima reagiranja roditelja na negativne emocije djece. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 216 roditelja od čega je 148 majki (68.5%) i 68 očeva (31.5%). Sudionici su upitnik, koji je sadržavao skalu samoefikasnosti, skalu regulacije emocija, skalu suočavanja roditelja s negativnim emocijama djece ispunjavali online u razdoblju od travnja do kolovoza 2021. godine. U okviru obrade rezultata primijenjena je regresijska analiza. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da je muški spol prediktivan za negativne reakcije na dječje negativne emocije (ublažavanje, ignoriranje, uznemirenost i kažnjavanje), dok je ženski spol značajan prediktor pozitivnih roditeljskih reakcija (usmjerenost na emocije i rješavanje problema, izražavanje poticaja). Razina obrazovanja je značajno predviđala samo roditeljske reakcije ignoriranja: niža razina obrazovanja predviđala je ignoriranje negativnih emocija. Roditeljska regulacija emocija značajno je predviđala roditeljske reakcije uznemirenosti. Samoefikasnost roditelja pozitivno je predviđala konstruktivne reakcije roditelja na negativne emocije djece (izražavanje poticaja, usmjerenost na problem i na emocije), a negativno je predviđala sve nekonstruktivne reakcije roditelja na negativne emocije djece osim reakcije ublažavanja.

Abstract (english)

On a daily basis children express a wide range of emotions, which are often strong but due to their emotional development children often have a limited ability to communicate their own emotions to the environment. Sometimes even the parents themselves cannot control their own emotions which significantly affects children and their reactions. Parental response to children's emotions is extremely important because children interact with their parents to differentiate and modify their emotional expression, they imitate their parents and thus create family behaviour patterns. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to examine some determinants of parental reactions to children's negative emotions. This study examined the correlation of parental gender, education level, parental emotion regulation, and parental self-efficacy with some aspects of parental response to children's negative emotions. All together 216 parents participated in the research: 148 mothers (68.5%) and 68 fathers (31.5%). Participants filled out an online questionnaire in the period from April to August 2021, which contained a scale of self-efficacy, a scale of emotion regulation, a scale of coping with children's negative emotions online. Regression analysis was applied as part of the processing of the results. The results of the study showed that the male sex is predictive for negative reactions to children's negative emotions (minimization reactions, ignoring, distress and punitive reactions), while the female sex is a significant predictor of positive parental reactions (emotion- and problem-focused reactions, and expressive encouragement). Parental education level significantly predicted only parental reactions of ignoring: lower level of education predicted ignoring of negative emotions. Parental emotion regulation significantly predicted only parental reactions of distress. Parental self-efficacy positively predicted all constructive reactions of parents to children's negative emotions (expressive encouragement, problem-focused, and emotion-focused reactions) and negatively predicted all unconstructive reactions of parents to children's negative emotions except the minimization reaction.

• Keywords: reagiranje na dječje negativne emocije; regulacija emocija; roditeljska samoefikasnost
• Keywords (english): response to children's negative emotions; emotion regulation; parental self-efficacy
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:512921
• Study programme: Title: Graduate University Study of Early and Preschool Education; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja (magistar/magistra ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-06-06 11:00:57