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WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes?
Adolescence is a fundamental transition phase, marked by physical, social, cognitive and emotional changes. At this stage in development two contrasting phenomena take place: brain changes cause a sensitivity to emotional aspects (Dahl, 2004); while also control processes register as well impressive...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29896148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00844 |
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author | Malagoli, Chiara Usai, Maria Carmen |
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description | Adolescence is a fundamental transition phase, marked by physical, social, cognitive and emotional changes. At this stage in development two contrasting phenomena take place: brain changes cause a sensitivity to emotional aspects (Dahl, 2004); while also control processes register as well impressive improvements (e.g., Hooper et al., 2004; Best and Miller, 2010). The study is aimed to investigate the relationship between a core cognitive feature such as working memory (WM) (Diamond, 2013) and complex abilities such as emotion regulation (ER) and behavioral self-reported outcomes using a structural equation model approach. A sample of 227 typically developed adolescents between 14 and19 years of age (148 females; mean age in months 202.8, SD 18.57) participated in this study. The following tasks and self-reports were administered in a 45-min test session at school: Symmetry Span task (Kane et al., 2004). Reading Span task (Daneman and Carpenter, 1980), Mr. Cucumber (Case, 1985); Youth Self-Report (YSR, 11–18 years, Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001); Difficulties ER Scale (DERS, Gratz and Roemer, 2004; Italian version by Giromini et al., 2012). Results showed that difficulties in ER correlated with WM: high levels of ER difficulties are associated with low WM efficiency while no significant contributions of these predictors was observed on externalizing or internalizing symptoms. This study showed a significant relationship between self-reported difficulties in ER and WM, while no significant contribution of the considered predictors was showed on the outcomes, adding knowledge about how behavioral and emotional self-reported outcomes may relate to these processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-59876662018-06-12 WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? Malagoli, Chiara Usai, Maria Carmen Front Psychol Psychology Adolescence is a fundamental transition phase, marked by physical, social, cognitive and emotional changes. At this stage in development two contrasting phenomena take place: brain changes cause a sensitivity to emotional aspects (Dahl, 2004); while also control processes register as well impressive improvements (e.g., Hooper et al., 2004; Best and Miller, 2010). The study is aimed to investigate the relationship between a core cognitive feature such as working memory (WM) (Diamond, 2013) and complex abilities such as emotion regulation (ER) and behavioral self-reported outcomes using a structural equation model approach. A sample of 227 typically developed adolescents between 14 and19 years of age (148 females; mean age in months 202.8, SD 18.57) participated in this study. The following tasks and self-reports were administered in a 45-min test session at school: Symmetry Span task (Kane et al., 2004). Reading Span task (Daneman and Carpenter, 1980), Mr. Cucumber (Case, 1985); Youth Self-Report (YSR, 11–18 years, Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001); Difficulties ER Scale (DERS, Gratz and Roemer, 2004; Italian version by Giromini et al., 2012). Results showed that difficulties in ER correlated with WM: high levels of ER difficulties are associated with low WM efficiency while no significant contributions of these predictors was observed on externalizing or internalizing symptoms. This study showed a significant relationship between self-reported difficulties in ER and WM, while no significant contribution of the considered predictors was showed on the outcomes, adding knowledge about how behavioral and emotional self-reported outcomes may relate to these processes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5987666/ /pubmed/29896148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00844 Text en Copyright © 2018 Malagoli and Usai. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Malagoli, Chiara Usai, Maria Carmen WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title | WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title_full | WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title_fullStr | WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title_full_unstemmed | WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title_short | WM in Adolescence: What Is the Relationship With Emotional Regulation and Behavioral Outcomes? |
title_sort | wm in adolescence: what is the relationship with emotional regulation and behavioral outcomes? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29896148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00844 |
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