Citation

Morris AS, Criss MM, Silk JS, Houltberg BJ. Child Dev. Perspect. 2017; 11(4): 233-238.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdep.12238

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

child and adolescent development; emotion regulation; parenting