title: Which emotional regulatory strategy makes Chinese adolescents happier? A longitudinal study.
abstract: Growing interest in emotion regulation is reflected in the studies of cognitive and social development. However, the extant studies mainly highlight how emotion regulation develops based on a western value system. This study utilised a longitudinal design to examine the development of emotion regulation and explored the contributions of different regulatory strategies to emotion experience regarding the early adolescent development period in a Chinese population. A total of 303 Chinese adolescents (age range = 10-14 years) were followed up in a three-phase longitudinal study for 3 years. In each phase of the study, participants completed Adolescents Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Daily Emotion Scale. Results of hierarchical linear regressions revealed that Chinese adolescents reported more down-regulation. Down-regulation is more effective than up-regulation in enhancing desirable emotion experience and reducing undesirable emotion experience during adolescents' development. Also, the adaptive functions of emotional regulatory strategies in Chinese background were discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Preschool and Special Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China; School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Xinmei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Ziyan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016014:Linear Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Chinese context; Early adolescence; Emotion experience; Emotion regulation; Longitudinal design