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Age-Related Differences in the Late Positive Potential during Emotion Regulation between Adolescents and Adults

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Deng, Xinmei, Sang, Biao, Ku, Yixuan, Sai, Liyang·2019·Scientific Reports
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-42139-4PMC PMC6451025
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The late positive potential (LPP) has been well documented in predicting the effect of emotion regulation in previous developmental literature. However, few studies have examined age-related changes in emotion regulation from adolescence to adulthood using this biomarker. To test this, Reactivity and Regulation-Image Task was used to test 18 young adolescents and 22 adults to examine the modulation of LPP during emotion regulation. Results revealed that (a) on the behavioral level, adults reported higher intensity of emotional experience than adolescents when they were asked to use up-regulation. Down-regulation showed no age effect for self-reported rating; (b) adolescents showed higher amplitudes of LPP than adults when using different regulatory strategies in all windows; (c) In late time window, regulation effect was larger when using up-regulation strategy than down-regulation strategy for adolescents, while the difference between the two strategies was negligible for adults. (d) In early time window, reactivity effect was larger in negative conditions than in positive conditions for adolescents, while the difference between the two conditions was again negligible for adults. Differences in the amplitudes and time courses of LPP during emotion regulation between adolescents and adults suggested that age-related changes in emotion regulation may occur during adolescence.

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  • Compared to adults, adolescents' cognitive appraisal of a situation is more affected by their current emotional state rather than through engaging in effective decision-making strategies.

    “Compared to adults, adolescents’ cognitive appraisal of a situation is more affected by their current emotional state rather than through engaging in effective decision-making strategies (Garnefski et al., 2002; Silvers et al., 2012; Deng et al., 2019).”

    From The relationship between psychological readiness to return to sport and kinesiophobia in teens and young adults after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (2025) · cites this paper as Deng et al., 2019

    The Present Study and Discussion sections describe adolescents as more emotionally reactive than adults, and the Discussion reports that adults were more effective at up-regulating emotion. The paper does not establish that adolescents’ appraisal of a situation is driven more by their current emotional state than by effective decision-making strategies; it did not test that comparison. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Psychological and emotional responses to stressors differ between adults and adolescents.

    “Psychological and emotional responses to stressors differ between adults and adolescents which may have contributed to these findings (Garnefski et al., 2002; Silvers et al., 2012; Deng et al., 2019).”

    From The relationship between psychological readiness to return to sport and kinesiophobia in teens and young adults after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (2025) · cites this paper as Deng et al., 2019

    The Results (Behavioral Results; page unavailable) report differences between adolescents and adults in some emotional-regulation responses. However, the study used emotional pictures, not stressors, so it does not establish that their psychological and emotional responses to stressors differ. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Deng, X., Sang, B., Ku, Y., & Sai, L.
Affiliations
  • Shenzhen University (CN)
  • Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences (CN)
  • East China Normal University (CN)
  • Hangzhou Normal University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Sang, Biao
  • Ku, Yixuan
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Venue
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-04-05
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
5738-5738
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-42139-4
PMC
PMC6451025
OpenAlex
W2925367353
Cited by
40
References
6
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2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4
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2.23
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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
late positive potential, emotion regulation, age differences, adolescents, adults, up-regulation, downregulation, emotional reactivity, emotional intensity, event-related potentials
MeSH terms
Emotional Regulation, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Young Adult

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