Both theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest
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Both theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder (SAD) have difficulties with emotion regulation (ER), but little is known about which deficits are disorder-specific or involv
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Sourced from the stated research gap and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 3 times in total.
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- The Emotion Regulation Flexibility Questionnaire: A Rasch-Validated Version for Children (2026) · Journal of Intelligence · doi
The lack of age-appropriate measurement instruments for assessing emotion regulation flexibility in children. The limited understanding of emotion regulation flexibility in children and its role in emotional intelligence and social functioning. The need for a valid and reliable instrument to assess emotion regulation flexibility in children.
generalstated research gapKeywords: lack age-appropriate measurement instruments assessing emotion regulation flexibility - Interparental and Parent–Teen Relationships during Adolescence as Predictors of Intra- and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young Adulthood (2024) · Youth · cited 3× · doi
Parents' contributions to their children's emotion regulation during adolescence has been a relatively understudied interpersonal context of development, even though parents' roles as sources of social and emotional learning persist from childhood into adolescence and the complexity of teens' lives grows during this time.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: parents adolescence contributions children emotion regulation relatively understudied interpersonal context development even though roles sources - Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder: Differences in Strategy Use and Repertoire Compared to Specific Phobias and Healthy Controls (2026) · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology · doi
Both theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder (SAD) have difficulties with emotion regulation (ER), but little is known about which deficits are disorder-specific or involved across different anxiety disorders for this age group.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: anxiety disorder theoretical models empirical evidence suggest children adolescents social difficulties emotion regulation little known - Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Among Bulgarian Students: Psychometric Validation of DERS-18 (2026) · Diogenes · doi
There is a need for a culturally adapted and psychometrically validated instrument for assessing difficulties in emotion regulation among Bulgarian university students. The existing literature on emotion regulation lacks a reliable instrument for assessing difficulties in emotion regulation among university students.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need culturally adapted psychometrically validated instrument assessing
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