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 (Mage = 11.43; 49 % males) from Colombia (17 %), Italy (36 %), and United States (47 %). We identified four profiles: Adjusted (38 %; low NE; high EC)—lowest aggression, highest prosociality; Average (34 %; average NE and EC)—average aggression and prosociality; Emotional-regulated (20 %; high NE; average EC)—average aggression and high prosociality; and Emotional-dysregulated (8 %; high NE; low EC)—highest aggression, low prosociality. We highlight associations of different emotion-regulation patterns with specific behavioral responses in early adolescence.
Emotion-related self-regulation profiles in early adolescence: A cross-national study / Favini, A.; Gerbino, M.; Pastorelli, C.; Di Giunta, L.; Iselin, A. -M. R.; Lansford, J. E.; Eisenberg, N.; Uribe Tirado, L. M.; Bacchini, D.; Lunetti, C.; Basili, E.; Thartori, E.; Cirimele, F.; Fiasconaro, I.; Remondi, C.. - In: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. - ISSN 0191-8869. - 213:(2023), p. 112298. [10.1016/j.paid.2023.112298]
Emotion-related self-regulation profiles in early adolescence: A cross-national study
Bacchini D.;
2023
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 (Mage = 11.43; 49 % males) from Colombia (17 %), Italy (36 %), and United States (47 %). We identified four profiles: Adjusted (38 %; low NE; high EC)—lowest aggression, highest prosociality; Average (34 %; average NE and EC)—average aggression and prosociality; Emotional-regulated (20 %; high NE; average EC)—average aggression and high prosociality; and Emotional-dysregulated (8 %; high NE; low EC)—highest aggression, low prosociality. We highlight associations of different emotion-regulation patterns with specific behavioral responses in early adolescence.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
