Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2020
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Human Development and Family Studies
Major
Human Development and Family Studies
First Advisor
Carl F Weems
Abstract
Parenting behaviors play an important role in healthy youth development and poor parenting behaviors place youth at risk of developing problem behaviors, mental health problems, and difficulties in emotional self-regulation. Parenting behaviors are influenced by parents’ psychological well-being and their ability to regulate their own emotions. This study seeks to identify the role of anxiety, emotion regulation abilities via self-report and high frequency heart rate variance (HF-HRV), and the interaction between anxiety and emotion regulation in predicting parenting behaviors. The main goal of this study was to determine if emotion regulation strengthens and/or buffers the relationship between parent psychopathology and poor parenting behaviors. Eighty caregivers completed self-report measures of parenting behaviors, anxiety, and emotion regulation, while HF-HRV was additionally measured in 74 of the caregivers during a resting state and stress task.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-20200902-102
Copyright Owner
Bethany Hope McCurdy
Copyright Date
2020-08
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
75 pages
Recommended Citation
McCurdy, Bethany Hope, "The effect of parent anxiety and emotion regulation on parenting behaviors" (2020). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 18183.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18183
