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Journal of Child and Family Studies

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06-06-2019 | Original Paper

Relations of Emotion Regulation, Negative and Positive Affect to Anxiety and Depression in Middle Childhood

Auteurs: Kristen Uhl, Leslie F. Halpern, Celia Tam, Jeremy K. Fox, Julie L. Ryan

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 11/2019

Abstract

Objectives

The associations between coping, emotion regulation, and child psychopathology have been the subject of extensive research. Many studies have focused on voluntary processes of emotion regulation. In addition to controlled regulatory processes, children’s involuntary, automatic processes based in individual differences in temperament may also impact emotion regulation and children’s psychological adjustment. The current study examined the relations of emotion regulation and temperament to children’s symptoms of anxiety and depression in middle childhood.

Methods

Study participants included 126 children (50% Male, 68.0% Caucasian; M = 9.60 years, SD = 0.52) recruited from a suburban school district. Participants completed self-report measures of emotion regulation, trait affect, and anxiety and depression severity.

Results

Results showed that children reported using active self-regulatory strategies more than any other form of emotion regulation in response to anger, worry, fear, and sadness. Significant relationships were found between negative affect and poor emotion regulation or “dysregulation” (r = 0.25, p < 0.01) as well as positive affect and dysregulation (r = −0.22, p < 0.05). Furthermore, emotion dysregulation moderated the relation between trait negative affect and depression (∆R² = 0.01, F(1117) = 4.78, p < 0.05).

Conclusions

This study provides further support for the well-established relations between temperament and internalizing disorders in children. It suggests that children in this age group tend to use active strategies to regulate to negative emotions. Additionally, it shows that children high in trait negative affect and emotion dysregulation may be at increased the risk for depression.

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Titel: Relations of Emotion Regulation, Negative and Positive Affect to Anxiety and Depression in Middle Childhood
Auteurs: Kristen Uhl
Leslie F. Halpern
Celia Tam
Jeremy K. Fox
Julie L. Ryan
Publicatiedatum: 06-06-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 11/2019
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01474-w

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