Not exact matches
Self -
Regulation, Dysregulation,
Emotion Regulation and Their Impact
on Cognitive and Socio - Emotional
Abilities in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
A study
on a mindfulness program for vulnerable children found that mindfulness improved
emotion regulation, mood, empathy, confidence and self - esteem, coping and social skills, and their
ability to pay attention and focus (Coholic & Eys, 2016).
One final example is the prefrontal cortex, which is thought to play an important role in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and
emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the
ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity
on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the
regulation of behavior (the
ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,57
Based
on review of relevant literature, this study proposed a structural equation model where maternal
ability for mentalization as measured by emotional
regulation mediates the relationship between insecure adult attachment and negative
emotion and psychological control.
On the other hand, parents of children with an AD might also be afraid to express negative
emotions, as they may underestimate the
emotion regulation abilities of their child with an AD and perceive the child as extremely vulnerable, thereby discouraging the expression of
emotions (Bögels and Brechman - Toussaint 2006).
In addition to supporting individual
emotion regulation development and strategies, this work also suggests that minimizing contextual stressors and environmental risk will be critical as well — stressors that we know further compromise
emotion regulation abilities (e.g., see [97] for a review of the effects of environmental stress
on the response and regulatory systems and subsequent risk for psychopathology).
Little is known about fathers» and mothers» complementary role in alleviating or buffering against the effect of spouses» reactions
on children's
emotion regulation abilities.
The current study (N = 134 adolescents) sought to elucidate the interactive effects of cortisol reactivity following a stressful parent — child interaction task and self - reported
emotion regulation ability on adolescents» substance use and externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.
These results demonstrated implications concerning variables that have influence
on the infant's
emotion regulation abilities.
A variety of scales aim to measure «emotional competence / intelligence», an approach that is focused
on emotional
abilities, e.g., the appraisal and
regulation of
emotions; these scales are designed to assess performance similar to IQ tests [61], [62].