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November 21, 2025Social Development

Understanding Diverse Preschoolers’ Knowledge of Emotion Regulation Strategies

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CCCatie ConnollyJOJelena Obradović

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This research shows varied emotion regulation behaviors in racially diverse preschoolers, indicating important developmental insights.

Key Points

  • To examine how preschoolers express emotion regulation strategies and the influence of diversity on these expressions.
  • Conducted open-ended interviews with over 600 diverse preschoolers
  • Analyzed self-reported emotion regulation strategies
  • Investigated differences in strategy expression from fall to spring
  • Older preschoolers showed more supportive emotion regulation strategies than younger ones
  • Girls initially outperformed boys in expressing supportive strategies, shifting focus by spring
  • Highlighted variability in emotion regulation strategies related to demographic factors

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Connolly et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924e3f2c0ce034ddc34f055https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70034
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