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Chapter 1 - Parenting Science and Emotion Regulation: Principles, Effects, Determinants, and Supports

from Part I - Conceptual Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2024

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Marc H. Bornstein
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Isabelle Roskam ,
James J. Gross  and
Moïra Mikolajczak
Isabelle Roskam
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
James J. Gross
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Moïra Mikolajczak
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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Emotions and emotion regulation constitute essential constituents of parenting. This chapter assesses central features of parenting through the lens of emotions and emotion regulation. Substantive topics include relations between emotions and emotion regulation in parenting, principles of parenting and emotion regulation, parenting direct and indirect effects in emotion regulation, determinants of emotion regulation in parents (and children), and supports for parent and child emotion regulation.

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