1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The goal of the present study was to examine how a history of polyvictimization in childhood would influence parental ER [emotion regulation] and ES [emotion socialization] and to ascertain whether parental ER and ES would mediate the relationship between parental polyvictimization and children’s emotional inhibition.» (p. 3)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«It is hypothesized that a parental history of polyvictimization will be associated with lower levels of ER skills and higher levels of unsupportive contingencies, but that these effects will be more pronounced for anger and anxiety. Moreover, parental ER difficulties and parents’ use of unsupportive contingencies are expected to mediate the relationship between a parental history of polyvictimization and children’s emotional inhibition across [three discrete emotions: anger, sadness and anxiety].» (p. 3)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The majority of participants were recruited through advertisements posted on Facebook groups (e.g., community groups consisting of parents who resided in local neighbourhoods, parent-to-parent buy and sell groups). A minority of participants (17.2%) were recruited through advertisements posted at community events or locations (e.g. libraries) in a metropolitan city in Canada. […] The final sample included 175 participants (156 mothers, 19 fathers) between 26 and 55 years old […]. With respect to child demographics, 50.9% of participants identified their child as a boy, 48.0% identified their child as a girl, and two parents specified their child’s gender as “other”. Lastly, the average age of the children was 9.53 years old […].» (p. 3)

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«The mediation analysis revealed that both parental ER and ES significantly mediated the effects of parents’ polyvictimization history on children’s emotional inhibition […]. More specifically, experiencing more types of child maltreatment was associated with lower parental ER skills, which predicted higher levels of unsupportive contingencies. Further, parents’ use of unsupportive contingencies was positively associated with emotional inhibition in children. The indirect effect of parental polyvictimization on children ’s emotional inhibition was significant through both sequential mediators […], and the overall model accounted for 35.55% of the variance in children’s emotional inhibition. Initially, the total effect of parental polyvictimization on children ’s emotional inhibition was significant when controlling for the three covariates […] and after the serial mediation analysis was conducted, the direct effect was reduced […]. Interestingly, parental polyvictimization also had a direct effect on parents’ use of unsupportive contingencies and the indirect effect of parental polyvictimization on children’ s emotional inhibition was significant through this single mediator […]. Examination of the contrasts revealed that the indirect effect through unsupportive ES was significantly larger than the indirect effect produced through parental ER and ES in sequence […].» (p. 6)