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Publication Date: 2004-Nov-1
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Emotion Regulation in Children with Anxiety Disorders
Suveg, Cynthia; Zeman, Janice
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, v33 n4 p750-759 Nov 2004
This study examined emotion management skills in addition to the role of emotional intensity and self-efficacy in emotion regulation in 26 children with anxiety disorders (ADs) ages 8 to 12 years and their counterparts without any form of psychopathology. Children completed the Children's Emotion Management Scales (CEMS) and Emotion Regulation Interview (ERI), and mothers reported on their children's emotion regulation using the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC). Results indicated that children who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (4th ed., American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for an anxiety disorder had difficulty managing worried, sad, and anger experiences, potentially due to their report of experiencing emotions with high intensity and having little confidence in their ability to regulate this arousal. These findings indicate that emotion regulation needs to be considered centrally in research with anxious populations.
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Emotional Response, Emotional Development, Emotional Problems, Children, Self Control
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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