RT journal article
T1 Emotion Regulation Ability and Resilience in a Sample of Adolescents from a Suburban Area
A1 Mestre Navas, José Miguel
A1 Núñez Lozano, Juan M.
A1 Gómez Molinero, Rocío
A1 Zayas, Antonio
A1 Guil Bozal, Rocío
A2 Psicología
K1 Emotion Regulation
K1 Resilience
K1 Adolescent
K1 Suburban area
AB Earlier research has identified a remarkable number of related factors to resilience during adolescence. Historically, theoretical treatments of resilience have been focused almost exclusively on psychosocial levels of analysis to derive explanatory models. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of emotion regulation explaining competent functioning despite the experience of adversity (resilience), especially during adolescence. This study explores the relationship between both, emotional regulation abilities and strategies, and resilience in a sample of adolescents from suburbs high-schools (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain). The study also examines how using different emotional regulation strategies may help the development of resilience levels at this stage. Participants of the study were 164 adolescents ranging from 13 to 16 years old (M = 13.98; SD = 0.66). Emotion regulation was measured using the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ, Garnefski et al., 2001), and sections D and H of Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, a performance test (Emotion Regulation Ability sections, MSCEIT, Spanish version, Mayer et al., 2003). Resilience was evaluated with ERE (Educative Resilience Scale for children and adolescents, Saavedra and Castro, 2009). Verbal Intelligence (Yuste, 1997) and personality traits (Cattell and Cattell, 1986) were assessed as two independent variables. Results supported the idea that emotion regulation ability (MSCEIT, D and H sections, Extremera et al., 2006) is a significant predictor of adolescents' resilience. Moreover, cognitive regulation strategies, such as positive reappraisal, predicted perceived resilience among students. Sociability (A factor of HSPQ, sociability) also correlated with resilience levels. Hence, these results are promising, implying that emotion regulation ability may act as a helpful tool preventing adolescents from irrational risky behaviors, commonly assumed at this developmental stage.
PB Frontiers
SN 1664-1078
YR 2017
FD 2017-11-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20246
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20246
LA eng
NO INDESS (Instituto Universitario del Desarrollo social y Sostenible)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026