scholarly journals Emotion Regulation via the Autonomic Nervous System in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica D. Musser ◽  
Richard W. Backs ◽  
Colleen F. Schmitt ◽  
Jennifer C. Ablow ◽  
Jeffery R. Measelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

Emotion Regulation and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2017 ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Blossom Fernandes ◽  
Roseann Tan-Mansukhani ◽  
Cecilia A. Essau
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Prefrontal Cortical ◽  
The Relationship

Chapter 6 describes emotion dysregulation features which are associated with children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In ADHD adaptive emotion regulation processes are impaired; this negatively impacts the individual’s ability to flexibly select, attend, and appraise emotionally evocative stimuli. This is identified as emotion dysregulation, which occurs when individuals fail to alter emotional states that affect behaviours necessary for achieving one’s goals. This review also examines the relationship between executive functions and emotion dysregulation in ADHD. Successful modulation of emotion occurs as a result of intact executive functions; however, ADHD is characterized by poor executive functions as a result of deficits in the prefrontal cortical networks. Along with describing neural mechanisms associated with ADHD, this review also focuses on the development of emotion dysregulation, clinical implications and current interventions.

Module 9: Emotion Coaching

2020 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Andrea Chronis-Tuscano ◽  
Kelly O’Brien ◽  
Christina M. Danko
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Emotion Coaching ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Periods Of Stress ◽  
Emotion Language

In Module 9, parents are introduced to their important role in helping their children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn to regulate strong emotions. Parents are the child’s first teachers for how to regulate emotions and serve the role of “external regulator” for their children. Children with ADHD are more sensitive to their environments and look to their parents for signs of how to react to a situation or stressor. The goal is for parents to stay calm and collected, modeling effective emotion regulation for their child during periods of stress. When parents learn to be “emotion coaches,” they are more likely to consider the child’s emotions without judgment and decrease critical or invalidating responses. By serving as the child’s “emotion coach” (noticing, tolerating and labeling the child’s emotion), the child learns “emotion language” so that acting out in response to emotions is not necessary to express how they are feeling.

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