Associations between Parental Apology Characteristics and Parenting Practices
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2021
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University of Oregon
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Abstract Title: Associations between Parental Apology Characteristics and Parenting Practices Authors: Liu, Grace (UO Biology & Psychology Major) While parenting interventions often focus on optimal parenting strategies, there is limited evidence on how parents apologize when they are wrong. It is also unclear how characteristics of parent apology are related to other parenting practices. This study examines the relationship between parenting practices and characteristics of parent apology, including proclivity to apologize to their child, and the presence of expressions of gratitude and love within the apology. Participants were 200 mothers with a child between the ages of 7 and 12. Proclivity to apologize was assessed by using the Proclivity to Apologize Measure for Parents questionnaire. Parenting behaviors were assessed using the Egna Minnen Betriiffande Upp-fostran questionnaire, which includes subscales of warmth, overprotection, rejection, and anxious rearing. Specific components of the apology (expressions of gratitude and love) were coded by giving participants a vignette in which they were asked to coach a fictional mother who yelled at her child by writing an apology example. Results showed that anxious rearing was negatively correlated to proclivity to apologize (r=-0.228, p=0.002), such that mothers who demonstrated anxious parenting were less willing to apologize to their child. Remaining parenting subscales were not related to proclivity to apologize or the presence of expressions of love and gratitude. Further discussion will consider the implications of these findings for parenting interventions. Specific components of the apology such as expressions of gratitude and love were assessed by giving participants a vignette, in which participants were asked to “coach” a fictional mother who erroneously yelled at her child by writing an apology example and coding their responses. Results showed that anxious rearing was negatively correlated to the proclivity to apologize. The remaining standard measures of parenting and the exploratory components of love and gratitude were not related to the proclivity to apologize. These findings tell us that anxious parenting leads to a lower PAM score compared to the other three components.
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1 page.
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parental apology, parenting practices, anxious rearing, proclivity to apologize