Mother's self-differentiation and its Effect on Emotional regulation strategies and styles of Solving Social problems among the Adolescence daughter in Al-Qassim region

Abstract

The study aims to identify the level of self-differentiation among mothers and its impact on emotional regulation strategies and solving social problems among adolescent girls, based on the descriptive approach. The sample consisted of (742) female secondary school students and their mothers. The study used the Self-Differentiation Scale prepared by Drake (Drake, 2011), and the Emotional Regulation Scale (ERQ) prepared by (Gross, 2003), and the researcher translated them, and Solving Social Problems prepared by (D'Zurilla et al., 2002) and translated by (Aburezeq & Kasik, 2022). The results showed that mothers enjoyed an average level of self-differentiation. They also recorded an increase in the ego attitude dimension, which is considered the most important dimension of self-differentiation. They also reported a decrease in emotional response. They also recorded a high level of emotional distress, and a moderate level in the dimension of merging with others and trying to gain their permanent satisfaction. The results also showed that the level of emotional regulation among adolescent girls to a moderate degree, as well as the high level of self-differentiation among mothers, are linked to the level of emotional regulation in adolescent girls and cognitive reappraisal, while the low level of self-differentiation was associated with expressive suppression among adolescent girls. While the results related to the differences in solving social problems among the teenage daughter, which are due to the level of self-differentiation, indicated that the mother’s high level of self-differentiation is related to a positive and negative orientation towards problems. While the mother's low level of self-differentiation is linked to problem-solving styles represented by the rational style, the avoidant style, and the impulsive style.