Examining the Relationship of Children’s Behavior to Emotion Regulation Ability

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Onchwari ◽  
Jared Keengwe
Author(s):  
Anna Z. Czarna ◽  
Marcin Zajenkowski ◽  
Oliwia Maciantowicz ◽  
Kinga Szymaniak

Abstract The present study examined the relationship of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism with dispositional anger and hostility. We investigated the roles of neuroticism, emotional intelligence, and gender in this relationship, using a sample of 405 participants. The results indicated that vulnerable narcissism was associated with a higher tendency toward anger and hostility, and that neuroticism accounted for a large part of this association. Poor emotion managing, known as strategic emotion regulation ability, also played a role in hostility related to vulnerable narcissism, especially among men. When emotional stability was controlled for, grandiose narcissism showed links to anger and hostility. We concluded that high neuroticism and poor emotion regulation abilities among vulnerable narcissists contribute to increased anger/hostility, whereas emotional stability likely protects grandiose narcissists against these internal aspects of aggression. The significant relationships between both forms of narcissism with aggression, remaining after neuroticism and emotion regulation were accounted for, suggest that there is another underlying source of this link. Finally, we found that controlling for interindividual differences in neuroticism significantly increased the relationship between vulnerable and grandiose narcissism, suggesting the existence of the common core of narcissism.


2018 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 571-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana N. Tibubos ◽  
Jennifer Grammes ◽  
Manfred E. Beutel ◽  
Matthias Michal ◽  
Gabriele Schmutzer ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (36) ◽  
pp. 22015-22023
Author(s):  
Deanna M. Barch ◽  
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff ◽  
Nourhan M. Elsayed ◽  
Diana Whalen ◽  
Kirsten Gilbert ◽  
...  

There is robust evidence that early poverty is associated with poor developmental outcomes, including impaired emotion regulation and depression. However, the specific mechanisms that mediate this risk are less clear. Here we test the hypothesis that one pathway involves hormone mechanisms (testosterone and DHEA) that contribute to disruption of hippocampal brain development, which in turn contributes to perturbed emotion regulation and subsequent risk for depression. To do so, we used data from 167 children participating in the Preschool Depression Study, a longitudinal study that followed children from preschool (ages 3 to 5 y) to late adolescence, and which includes prospective assessments of poverty in preschool, measures of testosterone, DHEA, and hippocampal volume across school age and adolescence, and measures of emotion regulation and depression in adolescence. Using multilevel modeling and linear regression, we found that early poverty predicted shallower increases of testosterone, but not DHEA, across development, which in turn predicted shallower trajectories of hippocampal development. Further, we found that early poverty predicted both impaired emotion regulation and depression. The relationship between early poverty and self-reported depression in adolescence was explained by serial mediation through testosterone to hippocampus to emotion dysregulation. There were no significant interactions with sex. These results provide evidence about a hormonal pathway by which early poverty may contribute to disrupted brain development and risk for mental health problems later in life. Identification of such pathways provide evidence for potential points of intervention that might help mitigate the impact of early adversity on brain development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Lora ◽  
Paul Branscum ◽  
Qiushi Huang

Abstract Objectives To 1) assess the relationship of home availability of sugary drinks (SD), mothers’ feeding practices, and fathers’ practices related to promoting their children's intake of SD (fathers’ SD practices) with children's intake of SD and 2) evaluate whether fathers’ SD practices moderated the relationship between mothers’ feeding practices and children's intake of SD. Methods Hispanic mothers (n = 202) of 2-to-5-year-old children reported home availability of sugary drinks, their feeding practices (i.e., monitoring, restriction, food for emotion regulation), their children's fathers’ SD practices (i.e., frequency of bringing SD to the home, using SD for emotion regulation) and children's intake of SD. Availability of SD was dichotomized as low (never/rarely/sometimes) and high (frequently/always) availability. Fathers’ feeding practices were dichotomized as low (never/once per month/once per week) and high frequency (2-3 days per week/4-6 days per week/everyday). Linear regression models tested the multivariable association between child's intake of SD and variables of interest, and interaction terms were tested for moderation effects. Results Home availability of SD, fathers drinking SD in front of the child, and fathers using SD for emotion regulation were associated with children's SD intake (P < 0.05). Fathers’ use of SD for emotion regulation moderated the association of mothers’ restriction and child's SD intake (P < 0.04). Fathers’ use of SD for emotion regulation moderated the association of mothers monitoring and child's SD intake (P < 0.02). When fathers used SD for emotion regulation at high frequencies, mothers’ restriction and monitoring practices reduced child's SD intake (P = 0.07 and 0.01, respectively). However, when fathers used SD for emotion regulation at low frequencies, there was no longer a relationship between mothers’ restriction and monitoring practices and child's SD intake (P = 0.30 and 0.95, respectively). Conclusions Mothers’ restriction and monitoring practices appear to weaken the influence of fathers use of SD in response to children's emotions and intake of SD. The moderating effect of mothers or fathers feeding behaviors on each other's behaviors warrants future investigation. Funding Sources U54GM104938.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Mikha Angelia ◽  
Sri Tiatri ◽  
Pamela Hendra Heng

Emotional regulation is an individual’s ability to regulate emotions. Individual regulate his/her emotion to be able to control his/her life. In practice, the ability of emotional regulation can be influenced by various factors. One of the factors that can influence the process of emotional regulation is the level of religiosity. In this study, researchers aimed to be able to see the relationship of students’ religiosity on emotional regelation possessed by students. This study involved 319 elementary school students in SD X. Participants were given a set of assessments to measure the level of religiosity and emotional regulation. Religiosity is measured by using the Dimension Religiosity Scale to measure preoccupation, conviction, emotional involvement, and guidance. To measure emotional regulation, researchers used the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescent (ERQ-CA) to measure the level of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression possessed by students. Data was analysised using correlation test  in SPSS version 23. From the results of the correlation test conducted found that there is a significant relationship between the variables of religiosity and emotional regulation (r = 0.248, with p < 0.05). This shows that if the level of religiosity students have is high, the ability of students to regulate emotions will be better. Regulasi emosi adalah suatu kemampuan individu dalam mengatur emosi. Setiap orang melakukan regulasi emosi untuk dapat mengendalikan hidupnya. Dalam praktiknya, kemampuan regulasi emosi dapat dipengaruhi oleh berbagai faktor. Salah satu faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi proses regulasi emosi adalah tingkat religiusitas yang dimiliki individu tersebut. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti bertujuan mengkaji hubungan antara religiusitas siswa dengan regulasi emosi yang dimiliki oleh siswa. Penelitian ini melibatkan 319 siswa-siswi Sekolah Dasar di sekolah X. Partisipan diberikan satu set asesmen untuk mengukur tingkat religiusitas dan regulasi emosi. Religiusitas diukur dengan menggunakan Dimension Religiousity Scale untuk mengukur preoccupation, conviction, emotional involvement, dan guidance. Untuk mengukur regulasi emosi, peneliti menggunakan Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescent (ERQ-CA) untuk mengukur tingkat kemampuan cognitive reappraisal dan expressive suppression yang dimiliki oleh siswa. Analisis data menggunakan uji korelasi dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 23. Dari hasil uji korelasi yang dilakukan, didapatkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara variabe religiusitas dan regulasi emosi (r = 0,248, p < 0,05). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa makin tinggi tingkat religiusitas yang dimiliki siswa, maka makin tinggi pula kemampuan siswa dalam meregulasi emosi.


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