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Self-regulation is the ability to maintain physiological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral control, particularly during times of adversity and distress. Although it has been a popular research topic, relatively few studies have included adolescents and adults in the same sample without large age gaps between the 2 groups. This study uses cross-sectional data from a large rural community sample of adolescents and adults (N= 2,565) to trace the trajectory of 5 regulatory abilities: emotional regulation, emotional awareness, anger management, psychological endurance, and coping. Gender differences also were tested. Analyses revealed that all types of regulatory ability except coping showed an overall linear increase from adolescence to adulthood. Emotional awareness displayed significant curvilinear effects of age. In general, adolescent participants reported the lowest levels of regulatory ability, while emerging …