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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
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Executive Function and Emotion Regulation Strategy Use in Adolescents.
Crystal Lantrip1, Peter K Isquith1, Nancy S Koven2
1a Neuropsychology Program, Department of Psychiatry , Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth , Lebanon , New Hampshire.
Applied Neuropsychology. Child
|February 5, 2015
Summary
Adolescents using reappraisal for emotion regulation show better executive functions. Reliance on suppression is linked to poorer executive functions, suggesting reappraisal supports attention and self-regulation.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Emotion regulation strategy use shifts from suppression in childhood to reappraisal in adolescence and adulthood.
- This developmental transition parallels changes in executive functions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the relationship between emotion regulation strategy use and executive functioning in adolescents.
- To understand how cognitive resources influence emotion regulation and vice versa.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Youth (ERQ-Y) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Self-Report (BRIEF-SR).
- Assessed 70 typically developing adolescents on their everyday emotion regulation and executive functioning.
Main Results:
- Greater reliance on reappraisal was positively associated with better executive functions.
- Increased use of suppression was negatively correlated with executive functions.
Conclusions:
- Adolescents employing reappraisal may possess enhanced cognitive resources for attention and self-regulation.
- Interventions supporting executive functions could potentially improve adolescents' reappraisal abilities and emotion regulation.
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