Book contents
- Emotion Regulation and Parenting
- Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
- Emotion Regulation and Parenting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Conceptual Foundations
- Part II Influence of Parents’ Emotion Regulation on Parenting
- Chapter 3 The Role of Parents’ Emotion Regulation in Supporting Parenting Behaviors and Practices
- Chapter 4 Parental Emotion Regulation: The Role of Parents’ Own Childhood Maltreatment
- Chapter 5 The Role of Parental Emotion Regulation in Parental Neglect and Violence
- Chapter 6 Parental Emotion Regulation, Stress, and Burnout
- Part III Influence of Parenting on Child Emotion Regulation
- Part IV Current Trends
- Index
- Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
- References
Chapter 4 - Parental Emotion Regulation: The Role of Parents’ Own Childhood Maltreatment
from Part II - Influence of Parents’ Emotion Regulation on Parenting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2024
- Emotion Regulation and Parenting
- Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
- Emotion Regulation and Parenting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Conceptual Foundations
- Part II Influence of Parents’ Emotion Regulation on Parenting
- Chapter 3 The Role of Parents’ Emotion Regulation in Supporting Parenting Behaviors and Practices
- Chapter 4 Parental Emotion Regulation: The Role of Parents’ Own Childhood Maltreatment
- Chapter 5 The Role of Parental Emotion Regulation in Parental Neglect and Violence
- Chapter 6 Parental Emotion Regulation, Stress, and Burnout
- Part III Influence of Parenting on Child Emotion Regulation
- Part IV Current Trends
- Index
- Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
- References
Summary
This chapter examines the specific challenges faced by individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment (CM) as they transition into parenthood. The transition to parenthood involves many challenges that require adjustment, such as adapting to one’s own bodily changes (for the birthing parent), forging a parental identity, and attaching to the infant. Although these tasks may not be easy for any parent-to-be, those who have experienced maltreatment during their childhood may find them especially difficult. One crucial domain in which these early life experiences might influence their core parenting skills is the ability to emotionally regulate themselves as well as model positive emotional regulatory processes for their children. The author presents various perspectives to explain how these early life experiences of abuse and neglect affect parental emotion self-regulation and current parenting approaches. This chapter adds valuable tools to the parental toolbox of those with a history of CM and guides such parents on how their regulatory skills can be improved to better equip themselves to cope with potential parenting challenges and raise well-adjusted children.
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- Emotion Regulation and Parenting , pp. 82 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023