This study investigated the protective role of maternal adaptive emotion regulation in applying controlling parenting practices while assisting their toddler in completing two different problem-solving tasks. More specifically, the role of maternal emotion regulation was examined relative to significant situational (i.e., task difficulty) and child-related (i.e., toddlers’ temperamental negative affectivity) risk factors for controlling parenting. Results showed that (1) mothers’ integrative emotion regulation was negatively related to observed maternal control across tasks, (2) mothers were more controlling during a difficult task compared to an easy task, and (3) toddlers’ temperamental negative affectivity related positively to the use of observed maternal control, albeit only during a difficult task. These results highlight the relevance of maternal emotion regulation processes during parenting practices beyond contextual and temperamental correlates. Directions for future research and clinical implications are discussed.

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产妇情绪调节在控制幼儿期育儿方面的作用：一项观察性研究

这项研究调查了母亲适应性情绪调节在应用控制性父母行为同时协助他们的孩子完成两个不同的解决问题任务中的保护作用。更具体地说，相对于控制父母的重大情境（即任务困难）和儿童相关（即幼儿的气质消极情感）风险因素，研究了母亲情绪调节的作用。结果表明：（1）母亲的综合情绪调节与观察到的跨任务母亲控制负相关；（2）母亲在困难任务中比容易完成任务更有控制力；（3）幼儿的气质负面情感与使用观察到的产妇控制措施，尽管仅在困难的任务期间使用。这些结果突显了在父母实践中，母亲情感调节过程的相关性超出了上下文和气质的相关性。讨论了未来研究的方向和临床意义。