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Emergent Emotions in Adolescence

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This chapter discusses the causes and effects of changing patterns of emotional experience and expression in adolescence. Previously labeled the age of “storm and stress,” adolescence is often considered a period of emotional turmoil. Although this label appears to overstate the difficulties of most adolescents, adolescence is nonetheless a critical period for emotional development, with emotional reactivity becoming more frequent and more intense. Changes can be understood, in part, as a response to anatomical, neurological, physiological, and cognitive developments occurring during this period. Both gender-related and environmental factors also considerably impact emotion expression and regulation. Despite the predominate focus in popular media on negative emotions in adolescence, there is also evidence of increases in positive emotions and of opportunity for emotional growth and regulation. This chapter explores various factors that help shape the positive and negative changes in emotion regulation and expression during adolescence.

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Coe-Odess, S.J., Narr, R.K., Allen, J.P. (2019). Emergent Emotions in Adolescence. In: LoBue, V., Pérez-Edgar, K., Buss, K.A. (eds) Handbook of Emotional Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17332-6_23

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