Physiological and Behavioural Regulatory Processes in Recovering from Distress: Developmental and Contextual Dimensions in Infancy.

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Generally speaking, negative affect regulation is one’s ability to calm down from distressing events. The current program of research focuses on the development of negative affect regulation over the second year of life. Childhood negative affect regulation is important to study because it predicts many different outcomes later in life. The second year of life is an important age because this is the first year infants have reliable strategies to regulate from distress. So, because the second year of life may be when when malleability of regulatory strategies is especially high, this program of research may be especially informative to understanding developmental mechanisms.