The impact of parenting on emotion regulation during childhood and adolescence
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Regulating emotions well is critical for promoting social and emotional health among children and adolescents. Parents play a prominent role in how children develop emotion regulation. In 2007, Morris et al. proposed a tripartite model suggesting that parents influence children's emotion regulation through three mechanisms: children's observation of parents' emotion regulation, emotion-related parenting practices, and the emotional climate of the family. Over the past decade, we have conducted many studies that support this model, which we summarize here along with other research related to parenting and emotion regulation. We also discuss recent research on the effects of parenting on the neural circuitry involved in emotion regulation and highlight potential directions for research. Finally, we suggest how this research can aid prevention and intervention efforts to help families.
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Youth learn how to regulate their emotions mostly from their parents, through modelling and feedback.
“youth learn how to regulate their emotions mostly from their parents, through modelling and feedback (Kiel & Kalomiris, 2015; Morris, Criss, Silk, & Houltberg, 2017).”
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- Authors
- Morris, A. S., Criss, M. M., Silk, J. S., & Houltberg, B. J.
- Affiliations
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Fuller Graduate School of Psychology
- Corresponding author
- Morris, Amanda S
- Venue
- Child Development Perspectives
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2017-11-15
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 233-238
- ISSN
- 1750-8592 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-8606
- OpenAlex
- W2623360428
- Cited by
- 833
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 127 · 2025: 144 · 2024: 138 · 2023: 124 · 2022: 106 · 2021: 72 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 19 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 39.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Development Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station (OKL02659)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (AA-5-43382, 1R15HD072463-01)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- parenting, emotion regulation, tripartite model, parental emotion regulation, family emotional climate, childhood, adolescence, social-emotional development, prevention and intervention
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