Adherence to "Maternal Love", and Mothers' Emotional Dysregulation in Child-Rearing

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  • Egami Sonoko
    Graduate School of Human Culture, Ochanomizu University

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  • 幼児を持つ母親の「母性愛」信奉傾向と養育状況における感情制御不全
  • ヨウジ オ モツ ハハオヤ ノ ボセイアイ シンポウ ケイコウ ト ヨウイク ジョウキョウ ニ オケル カンジョウ セイギョ フゼン

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This study examined the influences of mothers' adherence to "maternal love" on their emotional dysregulation in their child-rearing. It was postulated that adherence to "maternal love" (defined as the tendency to accept and obey blindly to traditional maternal role and sociocultural belief in "desirable mothers") would have both positive and negative effects on parenting, depending on other factors. In Study 1, The Adherence to "Maternal Love" Scale was developed and its reliabllity and validity were checked. Study 2 tested the hypothesis that adherence to "maternal love" would interact with mothers' appraisal of children's developmental statuses, and thereby affect their emotional regulation over their children. The results showed that (1) when children's developmental statuses were rated as high, adherence to "maternal love" was positively associated with emotional regulation (i.e. anger management), and (2) when children's developmental statuses were rated as low, adherence to "maternal love" was related to their emotional dysregulation (i.e. anger under control). These findings lead to the conclusion that adherence to "maternal love", interacting with other factors, has both positive and negative effects on parenting and therefore represents a "double-edged sword."

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