Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 23, 2026

Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
Perfectionism and Emotion Regulation Over Time: A Three-Wave Study of Reciprocal Associations in Adolescents
Diana Vois1, Lavinia Damian-Ilea1, Oana Negru-Subtirica1
1Self and Identity Development Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Objective:
Empirical evidence suggests that perfectionism significantly influences emotion regulation; however, longitudinal data on this relation is still scarce. Hence, the current three-wave longitudinal study's purpose was to investigate the interplay between perfectionism and emotion regulation both at the group level, as well as at the within-person level, in an adolescent sample.
Method:
The total sample comprised 454 adolescents (69% girls) aged 10-18 years. Adolescents from five public schools completed a paper-pencil questionnaire over three consecutive school semesters.
Results:
At the group-level, cross-lagged panel analyses showed a unidirectional longitudinal relation between perfectionistic strivings and reappraisal and bidirectional longitudinal relations between perfectionistic concerns and suppression. Conversely, at the within-person level, random-intercept cross-lagged panel analyses showed non-significant longitudinal relations.
Conclusions:
Insights into how perfectionism influences the development and maintenance of emotion regulation strategies in adolescence, as well as their bidirectional relation, are discussed.
More Related Videos
12:55Multimodal Protocol for Assessing Metacognition and Self-Regulation in Adults with Learning Difficulties
Published on: September 27, 2020
09:14Exploring the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Reappraisal in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Using Task-based Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: March 14, 2025
Related Concept Videos
Self-Evaluation: Self-Enhancement and Self-Verification
Self-Discrepancy Theory
Socioemotional Development during Infancy
Primary Temperament Types
Self-Discrepancy and Its Effects
Self-Regulation
Sources of Self-Esteem I: Family Experience