Adolescent non-supportive emotion socialization moderates the relation between distress and support seeking during the transition to college and COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Title: | Adolescent non-supportive emotion socialization moderates the relation between distress and support seeking during the transition to college and COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Authors: | Marousis, Noelle C. (AUTHOR), Luebbe, Aaron M. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of American College Health. Jan2026, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p228-239. 12p. |
| Subjects: | Psychological distress, Questionnaires, Help-seeking behavior, Anxiety, Descriptive statistics, Surveys, Emotions in adolescence, One-way analysis of variance, Psychology of caregivers, Psychology of college students, COVID-19 pandemic, Socialization, Mental depression, Regression analysis |
| Abstract: | Objective: Determine if retrospectively-reported caregiver emotion socialization (ES) from adolescence moderates the relation of current distress (stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms) to caregiver emotional support seeking during the college transition. Participants: Students (n = 520) at a public Midwestern university returning to in-person learning during the 2021-2022 academic year. Method: Using a cross-sectional design and previously validated questionnaires, participants self-reported current distress, attachment to caregivers, and caregiver emotional support seeking, and retrospectively reported caregiver negative emotion socialization from adolescence. Results: Supportive ES did not moderate the relation between distress and support seeking, but did have a positive main effect on support seeking over and above attachment. Only at very high levels of non-supportive ES, stress was inversely related to support seeking. At moderate to low levels of non-supportive ES, anxiety was positively related to support seeking. Conclusions: We provide suggestions to facilitate emotional support seeking while transitioning to college during particularly challenging times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Objective: Determine if retrospectively-reported caregiver emotion socialization (ES) from adolescence moderates the relation of current distress (stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms) to caregiver emotional support seeking during the college transition. Participants: Students (n = 520) at a public Midwestern university returning to in-person learning during the 2021-2022 academic year. Method: Using a cross-sectional design and previously validated questionnaires, participants self-reported current distress, attachment to caregivers, and caregiver emotional support seeking, and retrospectively reported caregiver negative emotion socialization from adolescence. Results: Supportive ES did not moderate the relation between distress and support seeking, but did have a positive main effect on support seeking over and above attachment. Only at very high levels of non-supportive ES, stress was inversely related to support seeking. At moderate to low levels of non-supportive ES, anxiety was positively related to support seeking. Conclusions: We provide suggestions to facilitate emotional support seeking while transitioning to college during particularly challenging times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07448481 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2025.2516602 |
