Ge Yiran, Tolmie Andrew Kenneth
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
J Intell. 2025 Jul 22;13(8):90. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence13080090.
This study examined how two metacognitive constructs, cognitive self-consciousness and beliefs about emotion regulation, mediate the link among early adolescents between emotion regulation and engagement in coping with worry, and whether these relationships change with age during this period. A total of 338 Chinese pupils completed a series of measures assessing the metacognitive constructs plus emotional awareness and regulation; scenario-based questions examined coping strategies. Participants were divided into two age groups, 11 to 12 ( = 11.9 years) and 13 to 15 ( = 13.2 years). Path models showed that younger participants adopted emotion-focused coping whereas older participants adopted more problem-focused coping, and these response patterns were mediated as hypothesized by cognitive self-consciousness and controllability beliefs towards worry. These findings highlight the need for more adaptive coping to be specifically targeted during early adolescence by raising awareness of controllability beliefs.
本研究考察了两种元认知结构，即认知自我意识和情绪调节信念，如何在青少年早期阶段调节情绪调节与应对担忧时的参与度之间的联系，以及在此期间这些关系是否随年龄变化。共有338名中国学生完成了一系列评估元认知结构以及情绪意识和调节的测量；基于情景的问题考察了应对策略。参与者被分为两个年龄组，11至12岁（平均年龄 = 11.9岁）和13至15岁（平均年龄 = 13.2岁）。路径模型表明，较年轻的参与者采用以情绪为中心的应对方式，而年龄较大的参与者采用更多以问题为中心的应对方式，并且这些反应模式如所假设的那样，由对担忧的认知自我意识和可控性信念介导。这些发现凸显了在青少年早期通过提高对可控性信念的认识，针对性地培养更具适应性应对方式的必要性。
