The Propensity to Experience Negative Events on Peak Negative Affect

Via Electronically Activated Recording (EAR), a robust naturalistic sampling methodology, moderating effects of adolescent’s perception of their caregivers’ parenting practices on the relationship between home environment’s affective tone and youths’ affective states were investigated. Negative-valanced environmental contexts and poor parental supervision independently predicted youths’ distress.  Clinical implications will be discussed.