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Title: Specific Maternal Reactions to Anger and the General Mother-Adolescent Relationship: Links with Adolescents' Emotion Regulation and Adjustment
Language: English
Authors: Jana-Elisa Rueth (ORCID 0000-0001-9713-1282), Hannah Arens (ORCID 0009-0009-9231-7104), Arnold Lohaus (ORCID 0000-0002-7813-0791)
Source: Journal of Early Adolescence. 2026 46(6):867-892.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 26
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Mothers, Responses, Psychological Patterns, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Antisocial Behavior, Socialization, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Germany
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
DOI: 10.1177/02724316251355486
ISSN: 0272-4316
1552-5449
Abstract: Adolescents' emotion regulation (ER) is linked to psychosocial adjustment, with familial emotion socialization playing a crucial role. This study explored how specific maternal reactions to anger (i.e., supportive, unsupportive) and the general mother-adolescent relationship (i.e., closeness, negative interactions) relate to adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems, and whether these associations are mediated by adolescents' use of functional (e.g., reappraisal) and dysfunctional (e.g., rumination) ER strategies. Path analyses (N = 427 adolescents, 10-15 years, 59% female) showed that functional ER mediates the relationships of supportive reactions and closeness with externalizing symptoms. Dysfunctional ER mediated the associations of closeness and negative interactions with both externalizing and internalizing problems. Path comparisons revealed a stronger association of general closeness with functional ER compared to the relation between specific supportive reactions to anger and functional ER. The findings highlight the importance of maternal emotion socialization and, particularly, a close mother-adolescent relationship for adolescents' ER and adjustment.
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