An extensive review of the unique and interactive functions across neurobiological regions is beyond the scope of this brief report, and thus we highlight several specific and robust examples in
which emotion regulation difficulties manifest as neurobiological differences and help explain risk for comorbid disorders among youths.
Not exact matches
Additionally, impacts are seen in behavior and
emotion regulation; children with trauma often have
difficulty regulating
emotions which can lead to externalizing behaviors that include hyperarousal, defiance, and aggression or internalizing behaviors that include withdrawing, depression, and wanting to hide or be invisible.
Children with deficits in
emotion self -
regulation have
difficulties in inhibiting their behavior when emotionally aroused,
which may result in externalizing problems.
The DERS (Gratz and Roemer, 2004) is a self - report questionnaire,
which consists of 36 items and measures
difficulties with regard to
emotion regulation.
These observed differences in neurological activity, consistent with the dual systems model, contribute to increased emotional volatility and
difficulty with
emotion regulation that increases during adolescence,
which ultimately manifests as increased risk for SUDs and comorbid psychopathology (e.g., [29 • •, 36]-RRB-.
For the mediator models, sociodemographic risk was associated with impaired
emotion regulation,
which in turn was linked with heightened adjustment
difficulties.