Despite a need for developmental and clinical research to understand how parents regulate their emotions in the context of parent–child interaction, empirical studies of parental emotion regulation (ER) have predominantly relied on general models and measures of adult ER. To address this gap, the present systematic review aimed to identify studies that examined parental ER in the context of parenting, and to evaluate how ER was defined and operationalized, how specific measurement contexts were established, what types of methods were involved, and the state of evidence on their reliability and validity. A systematic search in five databases yielded 91 studies that adopted assessments capturing different facets and processes of parental ER, highlighting the importance of conceptual clarity in integrating empirical findings and developing new research. Results also suggested that most studies relied on a single method or source to assess parental ER, and further evidence is needed to support the reliability and validity of many measures. Compared to general measures of adult ER, the assessments identified in this review were situated within the recollection of past parenting experiences and real-time actual or hypothetical parenting situations, allowing researchers to capture parenting demands and accommodate developmental characteristics in parent–child relationships. This review presents a toolbox for researchers interested in examining parental ER as context-specific processes and provides recommendations to move the field in a more conceptually sound and methodologically rigorous direction.

尽管需要进行发展和临床研究来了解父母如何在亲子互动的背景下调节自己的情绪，但父母情绪调节（ER）的实证研究主要依赖于成人 ER 的一般模型和测量。为了解决这一差距，本系统综述旨在确定在养育背景下检查父母 ER 的研究，并评估如何定义和实施 ER、如何建立具体的测量背景、涉及哪些类型的方法以及国家的情况。其可靠性和有效性的证据。对五个数据库的系统搜索产生了 91 项研究，这些研究采用了捕捉父母 ER 不同方面和过程的评估，强调概念清晰度在整合实证研究结果和开展新研究方面的重要性。结果还表明，大多数研究依赖单一方法或来源来评估父母 ER，需要进一步的证据来支持许多措施的可靠性和有效性。与成人 ER 的一般测量相比，本次综述中确定的评估是基于对过去养育经历的回忆和实时的实际或假设的养育情况，使研究人员能够捕捉养育需求并适应亲子关系的发展特征。