Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, cilt.7, sa.4, ss.364-372, 2025 (ESCI)
This study aimed to fill a significant gap in the literature on autobiographical memory by examining parents not as narrators, co-narrators, or scaffolders of their children’s narratives, as is common in prior research, but rather by attributing to them the role of listeners.” Consequently, this study examines the relationships between perceived parenting styles and self-compassion among late adolescents within the context of negative autobiographical memory-sharing, where parents serve as listeners and late adolescent children act as narrators. This relationship is examined through the mediated role of written narrative characteristics related to shared negative memories, the emotional valence towards these shared negative memories, and perceived characteristics of parents’ listening. Mediation analyses were conducted to determine which parenting styles and mediators would increase or decrease self-compassion levels of late adolescents towards negative memories shared with parents. The sample consisted of 471 university students (Mage = 20.39) from various cities in Türkiye who completed online and paper-based surveys. Results demonstrated that the majority of Turkish emerging adults reported their mothers, rather than their fathers, as preferred listeners when sharing negative memories. Additionally, the findings revealed that perceived positive listening characteristics, positive emotional valence, and the length of written narratives significantly mediated the positive relationship between a flexible parenting style and high self-compassion levels in late adolescents. Authoritarian parenting style, on the other hand, was associated with a significant negative mediation effect on self-compassion. A full mediation was found with the permissive parenting style. Results are discussed in light of the literature