Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits, Emotion Regulation, and Negative Affect in Children: A Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Evidence suggests that emotion regulation is related to schizotypal traits and negative affect in adults. Few studies examined the interplay among these constructs in school-aged children. We examined the complex relationship between schizotypal traits, emotion regulation, and negative affect in children aged 9-12 years.

Study design

One-thousand-and-nineteen children completed the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-children (SPQ-C), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescence (ERQ-CA). Using subscales of these measures as nodes, we estimated a partial correlation network. We estimated a Directed Acyclic Graph to explore the putative directional relationship between schizot

SUBMITTER: Ren Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879503 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature