Relationships between Perceived Parenting Styles and Self-compassion of Late Adolescents and Perceived Parents’ Listening Characteristics in Autobiographical Narratives

Authors : Sarah Zaneti, İnci Boyacioglu

Pages : 364-372

Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.25.4.04

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Publication Date : 2025-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study explores the relationships between perceived parenting styles and self-compassion among late adolescents within the frame of negative autobiographical memory-sharing in which parents are the listeners and late adolescent children are the narrators. This relationship is examined through the mediated role of the written narrative characteristics related to the shared negative memories, the emotional valence towards the shared negative memories and perceived parents’ listening characteristics. 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. 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.
Keywords : Autobiographical memory-sharing, autobiographical narrative, listener, narrator, parenting styles, self-compassion

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