Emotional regulation and coping styles influence adolescent depression, the mediating role of coping styles in the link

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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 14 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps

• Emotional regulation ability and depressive symptoms among Chinese junior high school students: a cross-sectional analysis of the role of stress coping styles (2026) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi

  Background While emotional regulation and coping styles influence adolescent depression, the mediating role of coping styles in the link between emotional regulation ability and depressive symptoms remains underexplored among junior high school students-a critical developmental stage marked by immature coping patterns.

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  Keywords: coping emotional regulation styles background influence adolescent depression mediating role link ability depressive symptoms remains
• The Long-Term Effects of Emotional Neglect on Family Functioning and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents (2025) · Journal of Family Violence · cited 3× · doi

  Abstract Purpose Parental emotional neglect has been linked to an increased risk of anxiety symptoms, but the mechanisms driving this connection remain insufficiently understood, especially in adolescence, a pivotal stage for mental health during which relationships with family members and emotional experiences significantly influence psychological outcomes.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: emotional abstract purpose parental neglect linked increased risk anxiety symptoms mechanisms driving connection remain insufficiently
• Childhood correlates and young adult outcomes of trajectories of emotional problems from childhood to adolescence (2024) · Psychological Medicine · cited 11× · doi

  Few population-based studies have examined trajectories of emotional problems from early childhood to late adolescence. There is a lack of understanding of the developmental course of emotional problems and their association with psychiatric and functional outcomes. The paper aims to address this gap by investigating the differences in psychiatric and functional outcomes.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: few population-based studies have examined trajectories emotional problems
• Dynamic analysis of mother–preschooler interactions: Understanding its role in the associations between maternal emotion dysregulation and child psychopathology (2026) · Development and Psychopathology · doi

  The study identifies a gap in understanding the factors that account for the association between maternal emotion dysregulation and child psychopathology. The study highlights the need to examine emotion socialization as a dyadic process. The study aims to address this gap by describing and quantifying emotion socialization dynamics between mothers and their preschool-aged children.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies gap understanding factors account association between
• Parent Profiles as Predictors of Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescence: Comparing Youth With and Without ADHD (2026) · Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology · doi

  There is a lack of research on underlying patterns of co-occurring parent-related factors that relate to emotion dysregulation in adolescents. Prior studies have largely sought to evaluate how different individual parent variables relate to adolescent emotional development. The current study aims to address this gap by examining potential latent profiles of parent factors and their association with adolescent emotion dysregulation outcomes.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack research underlying patterns co-occurring parent-related factors
• Parent Profiles as Predictors of Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescence: Comparing Youth With and Without ADHD (2026) · Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology · doi

  Further research is needed to explore the combined effects of parent variables and their impact on adolescent emotion dysregulation outcomes, - Longitudinal studies could examine the developmental patterns of parent factors and adolescent emotion dysregulation, - Studies could investigate the effectiveness of interventions targeting parent factors to improve adolescent emotion regulation

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed explore combined effects parent variables

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