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

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.7 Issue.4

Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.25.4.04

RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA YAZISI

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

Algılanan Ebeveynlik Stilleri ve Geç Ergenlerin Öz-şefkati ile Arasındaki İlişkiler ve Otobiyografik Anlatılarda Algılanan Ebeveynlerin Dinleme Özellikleri

Sarah Zaneti¹, İnci Boyacıoğlu²

Abstract:

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.

Keywords: Autobiographical memory-sharing, autobiographical narrative, listener, narrator, parenting styles, self-compassion.

¹PhD student., Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Psychology, Izmir, Türkiye, E-mail: [email protected], Orcid Id: 0000-0002-3919-4063

²Prof. Dr., Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Psychology, Izmir, Türkiye, E-mail: [email protected], Orcid ID: 0000-0002-1863-3792

Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Sarah Zaneti, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Psychology, Izmir, Türkiye, E-mail: [email protected], Orcid Id: 0000-0002-3919-4063

Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 28.02.2025, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 02.06.2025, Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 26.06.2025, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 15.12.2025

Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Zaneti, S. & Boyacıoğlu, İ. (2025). Relationships between Perceived Parenting Styles and Self-compassion of Late Adolescents and Perceived Parents’ Listening Characteristics in Autobiographical Narratives. Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 7(4), 364-372.

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