Emotion-related Self-regulation Profiles in Early Adolescence: A Cross-National Study.

ABSTRACT: Emotionality and self-regulation are crucial for positive development, especially during early adolescence when youths experience normative increases in behavioral problems and declines in prosociality. Using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA-a person-oriented technique to identify patterns of functioning within individuals), we identified youths' profiles based on dimensions of mother-reported negative emotionality (NE; anger/frustration, sadness/depressive mood), and Effortful Control (EC; attentional, activation and inhibitory control) and examined concurrent associations with self- and mother-reported aggressive and prosocial behaviors. We included a cross-national sample of 530 youths (M _age =11.43; 49% males) from Colombia (17%), Italy (36%), and Uni

SUBMITTER: Favini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11160934 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature