Adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation in child- and adolescent ADHD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience difficulties with emotion regulation. Specific use of cognitive emotion regulation strategies may contribute to these challenges, albeit research in this area remain limited.

Method

Self-rated and task-specific use of adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies was assessed in children and adolescents with ADHD and typically developing controls (N=176, 10-17 years, 55.1% girls; subsample for self-rated use: N=94, 13-17 years, 61.7% girls). Self-rated use was measured with the short version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Task-specific use was assessed by an experimental task involving viewing emotion-eliciting photos. Regression an

SUBMITTER: Astenvald R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12813563 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature