APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Parents’ Use of “Unsupportive” Emotion Socialization Showed Negative Correlates for White, but Not Black Adolescents.
- Mayah Kharise Palmer
Queen's University - Nina Micanovic
Queen's University, Canada - Prakash Thambipillai
Queen's University - Salome Vanwoerden
UPMC - Amy Byrd
University of Pittsburgh - Stephanie Stepp
University of Pittsburgh - Vera Vine
Queen's University
Abstract
We investigated whether emotion socialization (ES) strategies typically deemed as “unsupportive” are viewed as maladaptive in Black adolescents. For Black adolescents, “unsupportive” ES strategies may not be associated with lower perceptions of positive parenting and negative mental health outcomes like in White adolescents.
