Date Awarded
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Department
Psychology
Advisor
Janice L Zeman
Committee Member
Danielle H Dallaire
Committee Member
Madelyn H Labella
Abstract
The Tuning in to Teens (TINT; Kehoe et al., 2014) parenting program is a preventative intervention program developed in Australia known to improve parenting practices that, in turn, improve adolescent emotional competencies (e.g., emotional awareness, adaptive emotion regulation). The goal of this research was to test the efficacy of a modification to the TINT program that was delivered directly to adolescents in the United States. Using a community sample, 23 youth (Mage= 11.78 years, SD = 1.14; n = 14 girls, 60.9% White) took part in a 6-week modified TINT program in two small group settings. We examined whether there were changes in difficulties with emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and friend emotion socialization practices at two time points that were six weeks apart by comparing the intervention to the comparison (no intervention) group. To examine the efficacy of the program, we measured five process variables via self-report data from adolescents (e.g., feasibility, content mastery). Results indicated that youth in the intervention group had a slight reduction in difficulties with emotional awareness and improved in providing supportive emotion socialization practices to their close friends from T1 to T2. There was a statistically significant increase in emotion dysregulation in the intervention group, however, mean scores revealed very low levels of overall dysregulation at both time points. There were no significant changes in emotion inhibition or emotion regulation coping in the treatment group. This study suggests that a community-based intervention delivered directly to youth may be promising in terms of improving youth emotion socialization practices, emotion regulation, and emotional awareness. The results are discussed within an emotion socialization theoretical framework that considers how emotion coaching approaches help young adolescents improve their emotional and social competencies.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-tpb2-8524
Rights
© The Author
Recommended Citation
Raynor, Skylar Shea, "Evaluation Of A Modification To The Tuning In To Teens Whole School Approach: A Pilot Study" (2024). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. William & Mary. Paper 1717521780.
https://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-tpb2-8524
