Parents’ self-compassion as a moderator between children’s emotional regulation difficulties and parents’ depressive symptoms

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dc.contributor.authorLarrucea Iruretagoyena, Maite
dc.contributor.authorOrue Sola, Izaskun
dc.contributor.authorCalvete Zumalde, Esther
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-10T07:48:04Z
dc.date.available2025-03-10T07:48:04Z
dc.date.issued2024-08
dc.date.updated2025-03-10T07:48:04Z
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Recent studies suggest that children’s emotional difficulties may impact their parents’ psychological well-being, and certain protective factors could mitigate this association. The existing literature points to self-compassion as a potential protective factor against stress and difficulties. To this end, the present study aimed to explore the potential protective role of parents’ self-compassion in the prospective relationship between children’s emotional regulation difficulties and parents’ depressive symptoms. Method: The initial sample consisted of 214 children (53.3% girls; Mage = 12.71, SD = 1.37) and their parents: 209 mothers (Mage = 46.74 years, SD = 4.42) and 181 fathers (Mage = 48.85 years, SD = 5.42). The participants answered self-report questionnaires in a two-wave longitudinal study conducted over one year. A multilevel analysis was performed to examine the predictive pathways of parents’ depressive symptoms from children’s emotional regulation difficulties, parents’ self-compassion, and their interaction. Gender differences were addressed in the predictive associations. Results: Children’s emotional regulation difficulties predicted their parents’ depressive symptoms after one year, and this association was found to become attenuated as parents’ self-compassion increased. No significant gender differences were found for depressive symptoms or self-compassion, and parents’ gender did not moderate any of the longitudinal associations. Conclusion: Children’s emotional regulation difficulties may increase risk for parental depressive symptoms, but parental self-compassion mitigates this relationship. Preregistration: This study was not preregistered.en
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government (PID2019-106162GA-I00 and PRE2020-094016), the Basque Government (IT1532-22) and Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Red PROEMO (RED2022-134247-T)en
dc.identifier.citationLarrucea-Iruretagoyena, M., Orue, I., & Calvete, E. (2024). Parents’ Self-Compassion as a Moderator Between Children’s Emotional Regulation Difficulties and Parents’ Depressive Symptoms. Mindfulness, 15(8), 2038-2047. https://doi.org/10.1007/S12671-024-02412-8
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/S12671-024-02412-8
dc.identifier.eissn1868-8535
dc.identifier.issn1868-8527
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2492
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2024
dc.subject.otherChild’s emotional regulation difficulties
dc.subject.otherDepressive symptoms
dc.subject.otherMultilevel
dc.subject.otherParents’ self-compassion
dc.titleParents’ self-compassion as a moderator between children’s emotional regulation difficulties and parents’ depressive symptomsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage2047
oaire.citation.issue8
oaire.citation.startPage2038
oaire.citation.titleMindfulness
oaire.citation.volume15
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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