The Mediation Efect of Maladaptive Emotion Regulation strategies in the Relationship between Mother’s Self-differentiation and Parenting Guilty

Objectives The purpose of this study was to find out a mediating effect of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between mother’s self-differentiation and parenting guilty. Methods It targeted 352 mother’s of 0~72months old infants nationwide, data were collected by responding to self-report surveys through online links on personal PC or mobile devices. Results The main results are summarized as follows. First, the correlation between self-differentiation, parenting guilty and cognitive emotion regulation is as follows. The higher the self-differentiation, the lower the parenting guilty and the lower the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Also, the higher the parenting guilty, the lower the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Second, between self-differentiation and parenting guilty, the maladaptive cognitive emotional regulation strategies had a partial mediating effect. Conclusions The significance of this study was that, first, an important factor affecting the reduction of parenting guilt was self-differentiation and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Second, By paying attention to the mother’s own variables, the mother’s understanding of high parenting guilt at the counseling site was further enhanced. Through this study, I explored variables that can reduce parenting guilt and it laid foundation for the future program.