TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion regulation in parenthood
AU - Rutherford, Helena J.V.
AU - Wallace, Norah S.
AU - Laurent, Heidemarie K.
AU - Mayes, Linda C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Anna Freud Centre (UK) and a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellowship ( F32MH083462-02 ) to HKL.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Emotion regulation, defined as the capacity to influence one's experience and expression of emotion, is a complex skill now recognized to evolve throughout the lifetime. Here we examine the role of emotion regulation in parenthood, and propose that regulatory function during this period is distinct from the emotion regulation skills acquired and implemented during other periods of life. In this review, we consider the unique demands of caring for a child and recognize that parents have to maintain a regulated state as well as facilitate regulation in their child, especially early in development. We examine neurobiological, hormonal and behavioral shifts during the transition to parenthood that may facilitate parental regulation in response to infant cues. Furthermore, we consider how parents shape emotion regulation in their child, and the clinical implications of regulatory functioning within the parent-child relationship.
AB - Emotion regulation, defined as the capacity to influence one's experience and expression of emotion, is a complex skill now recognized to evolve throughout the lifetime. Here we examine the role of emotion regulation in parenthood, and propose that regulatory function during this period is distinct from the emotion regulation skills acquired and implemented during other periods of life. In this review, we consider the unique demands of caring for a child and recognize that parents have to maintain a regulated state as well as facilitate regulation in their child, especially early in development. We examine neurobiological, hormonal and behavioral shifts during the transition to parenthood that may facilitate parental regulation in response to infant cues. Furthermore, we consider how parents shape emotion regulation in their child, and the clinical implications of regulatory functioning within the parent-child relationship.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929945722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84929945722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.008
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84929945722
SN - 0273-2297
VL - 36
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Developmental Review
JF - Developmental Review
ER -
