title: Adopted children's emotion regulation: The role of parental attitudes and communication about adoption.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acknowledgement/rejection of adoption related differences and communication about adoption are two of the most important features of&nbsp; adoptive family dynamics. The present study focuses on the role played by these two variables on the adoptees&rsquo; emotion regulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The adoptive parents of 70 school-aged children participated in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data showed that participant parents perceived their adopted children&rsquo;s emotion regulation as adequate. In relation to family dynamics, acknowledgment of the adoption specificities significantly predicted the emotional lability/negativity of the adoptees, simultaneously mediated by the emotional quality of and the parental satisfaction with the communication about adoption. Furthermore, there was an indirect effect of early adversity on the adopted child&rsquo;s emotional lability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings provide new insight into adopted children&rsquo;s emotional development, highlighting the importance of the family environment and pre-adoption experiences.
authors.affiliation: University of Porto (Portugal).
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Ducharne
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacheco
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D000073922:Child, Adopted / Q000523:psychology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003142:Communication; D004522:Educational Status; D000066498:Emotional Adjustment; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011174:Portugal