Does talking matter?: Mother-child reminiscing in relation to adolescent wellbeing within a New Zealand sample.
Le Roux, Danielle Thearle
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Le Roux, D. T. (2015). Does talking matter?: Mother-child reminiscing in relation to adolescent wellbeing within a New Zealand sample. (Thesis, Master of Science). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6095
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Abstract:
The emotional content of past event conversations is important for adolescent well-being, and are said to be different as a result of gender. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between parent-child conversations and adolescent wellbeing. This was done at two time-points in a New Zealand sample (N = 58). At the age 12 time-point, 46 mother-child dyads participated in reminiscing both positive and negative event conversations and completed an adolescent wellbeing assessment. At age 16, 51 adolescents completed a well-being assessment. All mother-child narratives were coded for emotions, evaluations and explanations. There were concurrent correlations between emotion talk in mother-child narratives and age 12 wellbeing; in the positive event, the more the child expressed positive emotion at age 12, the better their self-esteem. However, there were no long-term correlations between age 12 narratives and age 16 adolescent well-being. In the negative conversations only, talk pertaining to the child’s negative emotion was linked to greater well-being for girls, but not boys. Results are discussed with respect to past research in autobiographical memory as well as implications for New Zealand adolescents.
Date:
2015
Advisor:
Reese, Elaine
Degree Name:
Master of Science
Degree Discipline:
Psychology
Publisher:
University of Otago
Keywords:
Family narratives; adolescent wellbeing; mother-child conversations; Mother-child reminiscing; parent-child conversations; emotional content
Research Type:
Thesis
Languages:
English
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