ERIC Number: EJ1438411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
EISSN: EISSN-1552-5449
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Emotional and Behavioral Problems: The Moderating Role of Environmental Sensitivity
Journal of Early Adolescence, v44 n8 p1049-1072 2024
Research has shown links between emotion regulation strategies and child mental health. However, it is not well known how the characteristics of children may moderate these links. The aim of this study was to explore whether environmental sensitivity--the ability to perceive and process information about the environment--moderates links between emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and children's emotional and behavioral problems. The study included 1381 children (M[subscript age] = 10.53, 51% girls) who gave information about their emotion regulation and environmental sensitivity, and whose teachers reported on their emotional and behavioral problems. The results showed that suppression predicted a higher amount of problems for girls regardless of their sensitivity level. For boys, environmental sensitivity moderated this link. Among more environmentally sensitive boys, the association between suppression usage and emotional and behavioral problems was stronger than among less sensitive boys. These results show that the effects of suppression may be exacerbated depending on the child's gender and environmental sensitivity.
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, Environmental Influences, Children, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Child Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Croatia
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