Understanding Growth in Emotion Regulatory Flexibility in Emerging Adults

新兴成人（18-25岁）正面临前所未有的社会和技术变革以及COVID-19大流行的持续影响。这样的需求可能是压倒性的，并破坏了对教育和就业的参与，对个人和社会产生严重影响。与此同时，我们的新模型提出，当结合对自身应对过程的反思和洞察时，作为成年初期特征的各种日常成人压力源也可以推动灵活情绪调节的增长。我们的研究扩展了科学知识，首先揭示了为什么有些初显期的成年人在这段时间内灵活调节情绪的能力有所提高，而另一些人却没有。

Emerging adults (ages 18-25) are now facing unparalleled social and technological change and the on-going effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such demands can be overwhelming and undermine engagement with education and employment, with serious impacts for the individual and society. At the same time, our novel model proposes that the diverse daily adult-like stressors that characterise emerging adulthood can also drive growth in flexible emotion regulation when combined with reflection on, and insight into, their own coping processes. Our research expands scientific knowledge by taking the first steps to uncover why some emerging adults increase their ability to flexibly regulate their emotions over this period, whereas others fail to do so.