TY - JOUR
T1 - Indirect effects of emotion regulation on peer acceptance and rejection
T2 - The roles of positive and negative social behaviors
AU - Blair, Bethany L.
AU - Gangel, Meghan J.
AU - Perry, Nicole B.
AU - O’Brien, Marion
AU - Calkins, Susan D.
AU - Keane, Susan P.
AU - Shanahan, Lilly
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant (MH 58144) awarded to Susan D. Calkins, Susan P. Keane, and Marion O’Brien.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by Wayne State University Press.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - A growing body of literature indicates that childhood emotion regulation predicts later success with peers, yet little is known about the processes through which this association occurs. The current study examined mechanisms through which emotion regulation was associated with later peer acceptance and peer rejection, controlling for earlier acceptance and rejection. Data included mother, teacher, and peer reports on 338 children (55% girls, 68% European American) at ages 7 and 10. A path analysis was conducted to test the indirect effects of emotion regulation at age 7 on peer acceptance and peer rejection at age 10 via positive social behaviors of cooperation and leadership, and negative social behaviors of indirect and direct aggression. Results indicated numerous significant indirect pathways. Taken together, findings suggest cooperation, leadership, and direct and indirect aggression are all mechanisms by which earlier emotion regulation contributes to later peer status during childhood.
AB - A growing body of literature indicates that childhood emotion regulation predicts later success with peers, yet little is known about the processes through which this association occurs. The current study examined mechanisms through which emotion regulation was associated with later peer acceptance and peer rejection, controlling for earlier acceptance and rejection. Data included mother, teacher, and peer reports on 338 children (55% girls, 68% European American) at ages 7 and 10. A path analysis was conducted to test the indirect effects of emotion regulation at age 7 on peer acceptance and peer rejection at age 10 via positive social behaviors of cooperation and leadership, and negative social behaviors of indirect and direct aggression. Results indicated numerous significant indirect pathways. Taken together, findings suggest cooperation, leadership, and direct and indirect aggression are all mechanisms by which earlier emotion regulation contributes to later peer status during childhood.
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U2 - 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.4.0415
DO - 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.4.0415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026650260
SN - 0272-930X
VL - 62
SP - 415
EP - 439
JO - Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
JF - Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -
