Eslava Dalila, Delgado Begoña, Carrasco Miguel Á, Holgado-Tello Francisco Pablo
Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, 46002 Valencia, Spain.
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National University of Distance Education, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Dec 23;14(12):1236. doi: 10.3390/bs14121236.
Adolescence is a period marked by challenges, including problems that appear in the adolescent's context. To manage these, adolescents use a series of emotional regulation skills that can be more or less adaptive. Less adaptive regulation is related to problem behaviors such as alcohol abuse, substance addiction, problematic internet use, and/or suicidal behavior. This study employs psychometric networks to analyze the association between these problem behaviors, the existence of contextual problems, and the use of cognitive emotional regulation strategies. We performed this analysis for the total sample: the male sample and the female sample. The total sample consists of 758 participants; 424 females (55.4%) and 341 males (44.6%) between the ages of 12 and 21 years ( age = 15.85; = 2311). The results show that less adaptive regulation strategies are the most central node, exhibiting a positive relationship with problem behaviors and contextual problems. In contrast, adaptive regulation strategies are a less influential node. Finally, problem behaviors are related to each other. Differences emerged between the male sample and the female sample. These findings contribute to improving our understanding of the phenomenon as well as to the construction of preventive interventions.
青春期是一个充满挑战的时期，包括在青少年所处环境中出现的各种问题。为了应对这些问题，青少年会运用一系列情绪调节技能，这些技能的适应性有高有低。适应性较低的调节方式与诸如酗酒、药物成瘾、网络使用问题和/或自杀行为等问题行为有关。本研究采用心理测量网络来分析这些问题行为、环境问题的存在以及认知情绪调节策略的使用之间的关联。我们对总样本、男性样本和女性样本都进行了此项分析。总样本包括758名参与者；年龄在12至21岁之间（年龄 = 15.85；标准差 = 2.311），其中424名女性（55.4%），341名男性（44.6%）。结果表明，适应性较低的调节策略是最核心的节点，与问题行为和环境问题呈正相关。相比之下，适应性调节策略是影响力较小的节点。最后，问题行为之间相互关联。男性样本和女性样本之间出现了差异。这些发现有助于增进我们对这一现象的理解，并有助于构建预防性干预措施。
