Development of emotion regulation across the first two years of college.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emotion regulation is thought to develop substantially from late adolescence into early adulthood; further, the rate of development purportedly varies based on personal and contextual characteristics. However, little research has explicitly documented this maturation in young adulthood or identified its determinants. We aimed to (1) characterize how adaptive (positive reappraisal, emotional social support-seeking) and maladaptive (suppression, substance use coping) emotion regulation strategies changed over time and (2) predict change in each strategy based on baseline personal, social, and motivational characteristics.

Methods

We followed a sample of 1578 students entering university in the northeastern United States across their first two years, assessing them

SUBMITTER: Park CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature