The relationship between perceived maternal parenting and psychological distress: Mediator role of self-compassion
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The relationship between perceived maternal parenting and psychological distress: Mediator role of celf-compassion Meryem Temel 1 & Ayse Altan Atalay 2
# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018
Abstract Self-compassion (SC) is defined as one’s ability to face any type of suffering or failures with a kind, caring and non-judgmental manner by neither ignoring nor exaggerating them. SC has been suggested as a factor that fosters psychological resilience among adolescents and young adults. Mediator role of SC in the relationship between perceived maternal parenting and psychological distress among adolescents was investigated. 529 (226 females, 303 males) 9th grade high school students (between the ages of 14 and 17) living in Istanbul, Turkey were administered Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), My Memories of Upbringing (S-EMBUC), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) in counterbalanced order. Correlation, regression, and mediation analyses revealed that among the parenting variables, only perceived maternal warmth was associated with SC. Besides, SC appeared to have a significant mediating role in the relationship of perceived maternal warmth with different manifestations of psychological distress during adolescence. The findings highlighted the crucial role of perceived maternal support for adolescents to develop SC which minimizes the likelihood of having psychological distress. Keywords Self-compassion . Adolescence . Psychological distress . Perceived parenting . Depression
Adolescence is a critical period, during when individuals experience profound changes in various capacities such as cognitive, affective capacity and the quality of interpersonal relationships (Larson et al. 2002). The rapid changes taking place at both physical and psychological level during this life period make adolescents more vulnerable to the negative impact of negative emotionality and thus, examples of behavioral dysregulation appear more often (Costello et al. 2008; Spear 2000). Such processes also explain why the first signs of adulthood psychological problems emerge for the first time during this critical life stage (Kim 2003). Several risk factors such as genetic, psychosocial, stressful life events, maladaptive parenting practices have been suggested as the common risk factors associated with anxiety, depression and stress in
* Meryem Temel [email protected] Ayse Altan Atalay [email protected] 1
Departmant of Psychology, Maltepe University, Maltepe/ Istanbul, Turkey
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Department of Psychology, Koc University, Sarıyer/Istanbul, Turkey
adolescent populations (Tamar and Özbaran 2004; Suadiye and Aydın 2009). The role of parenting styles and family context as critical factors predicting the mental health problems frequently seen during childhood and adolescence, as well as adulthood years is emphasized in various studies (Kritzas and Grobler 2005; Manzeske and Stright 2009; Rinaldi and Howe 2012). There is consensus in the literature concerning the importance of family atmosphere and parenti
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