The Developmental Course of Regulation Capacity from Middle Childhood to Adolescence

从中年到青春期调节能力的发展历程

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-05855
• 负责人: Thomassin, Kristel
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=740874
• 关键词: Developmental; Course; Regulation; Capacity; Middle

The experience of negative and positive emotions is an inevitable part of the human existence, and the ability to monitor and manage emotional experiences, known as emotion regulation, is of central importance. Despite recent advances in our understanding of emotion regulation, it remains to be understood exactly how these regulatory processes function and develop throughout childhood. In particular, the scarcity of research during the middle childhood-to-adolescence developmental period is problematic because the transition to adolescence is marked by significant developmental changes in experiences of arousal and stress and physiological changes due to puberty. The proposed research will examine the stability of autonomic nervous system activity and its functional impact on the biobehavioural regulation of emotion in youth spanning middle childhood to adolescence. The research will also examine a construct proposed to be closely related to regulation - emotion granularity (i.e., the ability to identify nuanced distinctions between emotions). Together, these objectives will inform integrated models of normative emotion regulation in youth during an essential developmental period. To achieve these aims, two cohorts of youths (cohort 1: ages 7 to 9 and cohort 2: ages 11-13) will visit the laboratory and participate in a range of well-established tasks designed during which real-time observations of behaviour, autonomic nervous system activity (i.e., heart rate variability and skin conductance level), and self-ratings of emotion will be collected. Then, youth will be followed longitudinally to measure the developmental course of biobehavioural emotion regulation. Finally, real-life, day-to-day variation in emotion and physiology will be examined in youth's natural environment by having youth wear the innovative Empatica E4 wristband during 10 consecutive days. This wristband acquires physiological signals and will shed light on the nuanced interplay between physiological functioning, regulation and emotion granularity. This research program has great potential to contribute significantly to both theory and methodology in the field of youth emotion science. Findings will set the stage for additional work on contextual factors impacting emotion activation/regulation and on the voluntary/involuntary deployment of regulation strategies. The proposed combination of methodologies is quite innovative, contributes to the natural sciences, and stands to affect interdisciplinary and translational research. It should also be noted that the proposed research will offer students rich opportunities for HQP training in varied research endeavors and is likely to form the foundation of their development as academics and researchers.

消极和积极情绪的体验是人类生存的一个不可避免的部分，而监控和管理情绪体验的能力，即情绪调节，是至关重要的。尽管我们对情绪调节的理解最近取得了进展，但这些调节过程在整个童年时期是如何发挥作用和发展的，仍然有待了解。特别是，在中间的童年到青春期的发展阶段的研究不足是有问题的，因为过渡到青春期的特点是显着的发展变化的经验，唤醒和压力和生理变化，由于青春期。拟议的研究将检查自主神经系统活动的稳定性及其对青少年从童年中期到青春期的情绪生物行为调节的功能影响。该研究还将研究一个与调节密切相关的结构-情绪粒度（即，识别情感之间细微差别的能力）。总之，这些目标将告知青少年在一个重要的发展时期的规范性情绪调节的综合模型。为了实现这些目标，两组青少年（第一组：7至9岁，第二组：11至13岁）将访问实验室，并参加一系列精心设计的任务，在此期间，实时观察行为，自主神经系统活动（即，心率变异性和皮肤电导水平），以及情绪的自我评定。然后，青年将被纵向跟踪，以测量生物行为情绪调节的发展过程。最后，让青少年连续10天佩戴创新的Empatica E4腕带，在青少年的自然环境中检查日常情绪和生理变化。这款腕带可以采集生理信号，并将揭示生理功能、调节和情绪粒度之间微妙的相互作用。该研究项目具有巨大的潜力，在青年情绪科学领域的理论和方法上都有重大贡献。研究结果将为影响情绪激活/调节的背景因素和调节策略的自愿/非自愿部署的额外工作奠定基础。所提出的方法的组合是相当创新的，有助于自然科学，并站在影响跨学科和翻译研究。值得注意的是，拟议的研究将为学生提供丰富的机会，在各种研究工作中进行HQP培训，并可能成为他们作为学者和研究人员的发展基础。