Research on the implications of parents’ emotional
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The gap
There is a lack of research on the implications of parents’ emotional functioning for their attitudes towards positive, shared activities such as parent-child play. Prior studies have not fully examined the relationship between maternal emo
Evidence profile
Sourced from the abstract and future-work section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2008 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 25 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps
- The role of maternal responsiveness in predicting infant affect during the still face paradigm with infants born very low birth weight (2008) · Infant Mental Health Journal · cited 25× · doi
Future research is warranted to determine how these findings relate to infants' stress reactions in naturalistic settings and if relationship-focused interventions may reverse infant negative emotionality, enhance positive emotionality, and thereby improve self-regulation and longer term social and cognitive developmental outcomes in medically at-risk infants.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: infants emotionality future warranted determine relate stress reactions naturalistic settings relationship focused interventions reverse infant - Prenatal Emotion Dysregulation, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Mindfulness Predict Toddler Socioemotional Development (2026) · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology · doi
Future research should examine the relationship between prenatal maternal emotion dysregulation and toddler socioemotional development at other ages. Future research should investigate the mechanisms by which prenatal maternal emotion dysregulation influences toddler socioemotional development. Future research should develop and test interventions aimed at promoting healthy socioemotional development in toddlers.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: future research examine relationship between prenatal maternal emotion - Emotion Dysregulation, Stress, and Attitudes towards Parent-Child Play in two Samples of Working Mothers (2026) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi
There is a lack of research on the implications of parents’ emotional functioning for their attitudes towards positive, shared activities such as parent-child play. Prior studies have not fully examined the relationship between maternal emotion dysregulation, stress, and attitudes towards parent-child play.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there lack research implications parents emotional functioning attitudes - A Systematic Review: The Role of Parent-Child Relationship and Parental Emotional Socialization on Children’s Emotion Regulation (2026) · Buletin Psikologi · doi
Future studies should examine the interrelation between parent-child relationship, parental emotional socialization, and children's emotion regulation in more depth. Future studies should investigate the impact of parent-child relationship and parental emotional socialization on children's emotion regulation in different cultural contexts.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5Keywords: future studies examine interrelation between parent-child relationship parental - Prenatal Emotion Dysregulation, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Mindfulness Predict Toddler Socioemotional Development (2026) · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology · doi
Little is known about early experiences that shape socioemotional functioning during this period of plasticity. The relationship between prenatal maternal emotion dysregulation and toddler socioemotional development is not well understood. The moderating role of maternal mindfulness in this relationship is not well understood.
generalstated research gapevidence 4/5Keywords: little known about early experiences shape socioemotional functioning - Mother-Child Dyadic Emotional Responses in Everyday Life: Moderation by Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Negative Emotionality (2026) · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology · doi
Future studies should examine the longitudinal effects of maternal depressive symptoms and child negative emotionality on emotion socialization. Future studies should explore the impact of paternal depressive symptoms on emotion socialization. Future studies should develop and test interventions aimed at promoting healthy emotion socialization.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5Keywords: future studies examine longitudinal effects maternal depressive symptoms
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