Child and Adolescent Emotion Regulation: The Role of Parental Emotion Regulation and Expression
- 19 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
- Vol. 14 (2), 198-212
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-011-0092-5
Abstract
This paper reviews current literature relating to parent and child emotional functioning, specifically their emotion regulatory skills and emotional expression. Included are considerations regarding theoretical, methodological, and sampling strengths and weaknesses of existing literature. On the basis of the review, several directions for future research are proposed. First, it is argued that consistency in the measurement of emotion regulation is necessary, including assessment of more refined theoretical conceptualizations of regulatory types, skills, or strategies. Second, it is argued that emotion regulation developmental research examining the post-early childhood period is necessary in order to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of youths’ emotion regulation. Finally, it is argued that greater examination of paternal influences on child emotional functioning, in addition to maternal influences, is required. Consideration of these issues in future emotion regulation research will ideally contribute to a greater understanding of the mechanisms involved in child and adolescent development of optimal regulatory capacities.Keywords
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