Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
McKinney, Cliff
Committee Member
Keeley, Jared W.
Committee Member
Nadorff, Michael R.
Date of Degree
5-9-2015
Original embargo terms
MSU Only Indefinitely
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Socialization of coping is the idea that child coping methods are learned through parents’ modeling of response to stressors. Literature has examined how various aspects of parenting quality may influence their children’s coping behaviors. However, a dearth of research has studied the lasting effect of coping socialization in emerging adulthood, a distinctive time period with the greatest onset rate of psychiatric disorders. Thus, the current study examined how parental mental health, coping responses and discipline strategies influence emerging adult mental health and coping behavior. Two separate multiple regression analyses and a series of moderation and mediation analyses were conducted. Results indicated that emerging adult gender moderated the association between paternal and emerging adult disengagement coping. Additionally, the association between parental and emerging adult mental health was mediated by emerging adults’ disengagement coping. Lastly, the effect of poor maternal coping on emerging adult coping behavior was moderated by parental mental health.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18266
Recommended Citation
Kwan, Janet W., "Socialization of Coping: Influence of Parental Mental Health and Parenting Practices" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 3977.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3977
Comments
Mental Health||Discipline||Parenting||Emerging Adulthood||Coping