Editorial: The Preschool Emotional Brain: Connections Matter

There is broad consensus that children ’s ability to regulate emotion, particularly negative affect, can have enormous implications for the cascading processes underlying social and emotional development. With the burgeoning autonomy of toddlerhood comes a rudimentary understanding of the varieties of emotional experience, and initial awareness that a child’s actions can augment or attenuate the intensity of those experiences. Successful forays into emotion regulation are crucial for healthy psychological development, allowing children to accommodate life’s difficulties by purposefully altering their emotional state (i.e., co pe) when necessary.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - August 31, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Justin D. Russell, Ryan J. Herringa Tags: Editorial Source Type: research