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This study tested a model linking mothers’ rating of family expressiveness when their children were growing up to their emerging adults’ current positive and negative affect. Current perceived familial criticism was used as the mediator to explain the relationship.
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We found that current perceived familial criticism mediates the relationships between past negative family expressiveness and emerging adults’ current positive and negative affect.
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This page is a summary of: Family expressiveness, criticism, and affect in emerging adults: A retrospective multi-informant study., Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice, September 2020, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/cfp0000139.
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