Longitudinal Changes in Young Children's Strategy Use for Emotion Regulation

Autor/inn/en	Ratcliff, K. Ashana; Vazquez, Lauren C.; Lunkenheimer, Erika S.; Cole, Pamela M.
Titel	Longitudinal Changes in Young Children's Strategy Use for Emotion Regulation
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 57 (2021) 9, S.1471-1486 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ratcliff, K. Ashana) ORCID (Vazquez, Lauren C.) ORCID (Lunkenheimer, Erika S.) ORCID (Cole, Pamela M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001235
Schlagwörter	Self Control; Emotional Response; Delay of Gratification; Coping; Toddlers; Young Children; Attention; Age Differences; Incidence; Child Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstbeherrschung; Emotionales Verhalten; Bewältigung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Aufmerksamkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Vorkommen
Abstract	The development of strategies that support autonomous self-regulation of emotion is key for early childhood emotion regulation. Children are thought to transition from predominant reliance on more automatic or interpersonal strategies to reliance on more effortful, autonomous strategies as they develop cognitive skills that can be recruited for self-regulation. However, there are few longitudinal studies documenting age-related changes in different forms and dimensions of strategies. The current study tested predicted age-related changes in strategy use in a task requiring children to wait for something they want. Specifically, we examined the longitudinal trajectories of 3 strategies commonly observed in delayed reward tasks: self-soothing, seeking attention about the demands of waiting (bids), and distracting oneself. We followed a sample of 120 children (54% male, 93.3% white, from semirural and rural economically strained households) from ages 24 months to 5 years who participated in a waiting task each year. Using growth curve modeling, we found declines in self-soothing, rises and then declines in bidding, and increases in distraction from 24 months to 5 years. Next, we investigated whether strategy use trajectories predicted adult ratings of children's emotion regulation during the task, that is, whether children appeared calm and acted appropriately while waiting. Growth in duration and dominance of distraction use predicted judgments that children were well-regulated by age 5 years, whereas growth in dominance of bidding use negatively predicted being rated as well-regulated. We discuss implications for the understanding of strategy development and future directions, including understanding strategy effectiveness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01