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The role of affective control in emotion regulation during adolescence

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Schweizer, Susanne, Gotlib, Ian H., Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne·2020·Emotion

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In this review, we evaluate evidence for the hypothesis that developmental changes in emotion regulation tendencies during adolescence depend on the maturation of affective control. Affective control refers to the application of cognitive control to affective contexts, that is, the capacity to attend and respond to goal-relevant affective information, while inhibiting attention and responses toward distracting affective information. The evidence suggests that affective control develops throughout adolescence into adulthood. However, the developmental trajectory appears not to be uniform across different facets of affective control. In particular, the capacity to inhibit attention and responses to distracting affective information may be reduced during adolescence relative to childhood and adulthood. Focusing on the association between affective control and emotion regulation development in adolescence, the research reviewed supports the notion of affective control as a cognitive building block of successful emotion regulation. Good affective control appears related to fewer ruminative tendencies in adolescence as well as more frequent and successful reappraisal in older adolescents. Lower use of habitual suppression, itself a type of affective inhibition, shows an association with updating capacity. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for mental health and the potential mental health benefits associated with improving affective control. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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Authors
Schweizer, S., Gotlib, I. H., & Blakemore, S.-J.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Schweizer, Susanne
Venue
Emotion
Published
2020-02
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
80-86
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
OpenAlex
W2992522009
Cited by
199
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1
FWCI
11.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (209127/Z/17/Z, WT104908/Z/14/Z)
  • National Institutes of Health (R37-MH101495)
  • Sponsor name not included
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
affective control, emotion regulation, adolescence, cognitive control, cognitive reappraisal, emotional suppression, working memory updating, developmental changes, mental health
MeSH terms
Emotional Regulation, Adolescent, Adult, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Executive Function

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