2134/23404
Sarah E. Gardner
Sarah E.
Gardner
Lucy R. Betts
Lucy R.
Betts
James Stiller
James
Stiller
Janine Coates
Janine
Coates
The role of emotion regulation for coping with school-based peer-victimisation in late childhood
Loughborough University
2016
Peer-victimisation
Emotion regulation
Coping
Emotion suppression
Cognitive reappraisal
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
2016-12-09 11:11:08
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_role_of_emotion_regulation_for_coping_with_school-based_peer-victimisation_in_late_childhood/9620792
The current research examined the role of two emotion regulation processes, cognitive reappraisal and emotion suppression, on maladaptive victimisation coping following school-based peer-victimisation in late childhood (n = 443). The relationship between emotion regulation and maladaptive coping was also tested for serial mediation effects, linking peer-victimisation and school loneliness. Results showed that poor emotion regulation in children was positively associated with maladaptive peer-victimisation coping. Moreover, the relationship between cognitive reappraisal and maladaptive coping was found to mediate the relationship between peer-victimisation experiences and school loneliness. These findings have implications for the development of school-based peer-victimisation intervention strategies that focus on improving children's emotional competencies.