Authors: Matthew A Hersh Andrea M Hussong
Publish Date: 2009/01/10
Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 493-506
Abstract
The current study examined the moderating influence of observed parental emotion socialization PES on selfmedication in adolescents Strengths of the study include the use of a newly developed observational coding system further extending the study of PES to adolescence the use of an experience sampling method to assess the daily covariation between negative affect and substance use and a focus on PES styles defined by the interaction of emotiondismissing and emotioncoaching behaviors Using multileveling modeling we tested PES as a moderator of daily negative moodsubstance use relation in a sample of 65 elevatedrisk adolescents 48 male 58 Caucasian with a median age of 14 Results showed a threeway interaction between emotioncoaching PES emotiondismissing PES and daily negative mood in predicting daily substance use Results are discussed in terms of the importance of PES styles and their effects on selfmedication through compromised emotion regulation and interpersonal processes
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