Brief Report: Associations between Emotional Competence and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Hessler, Danielle M.; Katz, Lynn Fainsilber
Titel	Brief Report: Associations between Emotional Competence and Adolescent Risky Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 33 (2010) 1, S.241-246 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.04.007
Schlagwörter	Emotional Intelligence; Adolescents; Emotional Development; At Risk Persons; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Preadolescents; Interviews; Psychological Patterns; Child Development; Substance Abuse; Sexuality; Health Behavior; Behavior Problems; Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionale Intelligenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gefühlsbildung; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kindesentwicklung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kompetenz
Abstract	The current study examines associations between emotional competence (i.e., awareness, regulation, comfort with expression) and adolescent risky behavior. Children from a longitudinal study participated at age 9 and 16 (N = 88). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with children about their emotional experiences and coded for areas of emotional competence. Associations were examined for the emotions of sadness and anger concurrently during adolescence, and longitudinally from middle childhood to adolescence. Results suggested that children with poor emotional awareness and regulation had a higher likelihood of using hard drugs. Difficulty regulating emotions was associated with having more sexual partners, and both emotion regulation and expression difficulties were associated with greater behavioral adjustment problems. Results were consistent across the concurrent and longitudinal findings and pointed to anger as an important emotion. Findings suggest that children's emotional competence may serve as a useful point of intervention to decrease risky behavior in adolescence. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10