The Relationship Between Parents' Emotional Expression and Adolescents' Emotional Intelligence and Self-Regulation

In a fast-paced and highly competitive society, teenagers are confronted with multiple pressures from academic studies, family, social interactions, and future career concerns, leading to frequent psychological problems. The ability of psychological self-regulation is crucial for them to cope with stress and maintain mental health. Parents' emotional expression, as an important influencing factor, has a mechanism of action that requires further exploration. This article focuses on the relationship between parents' emotional expression and teenagers' psychological self-regulation ability, comprehensively analyzes relevant research results, and explores the mechanism of action and influence between the two. The research finds that parents' positive emotional expression can create a good family atmosphere, provide teenagers with emotional learning models, promote the development of their psychological self-regulation ability, and help establish good peer relationships. Negative emotional expression interferes with teenagers' psychological regulation mechanisms and increases the risk of psychological problems. Family environment, parenting style, and negative life events jointly affect teenagers' mental health. The self-regulation theory and parents' emotional expression have a two-way interaction, and their practical strategies are complementary. In conclusion, parents' emotional expression has a significant impact on teenagers' psychological self-regulation ability. Parents should balance the cultivation of teenagers' self-control and the optimization of the family emotional environment, and enhance teenagers' ability to cope with stress through integrated intervention to build a long-term protection mechanism for teenagers' mental health.