Risky families are characterized by conflict and aggression and by relationships that are
cold, unsupportive, and neglectful. These family characteristics create vulnerabilities and/or …

Consistent with much of the research literature, social competence is defined as
effectiveness in social interaction. Effectiveness is broadly considered, and includes both …

BACKGROUND: Emotion regulation deficits have been consistently linked to
psychopathology in cross-sectional studies. However, the direction of the relationship …

Adolescents face many academic and emotional challenges in middle school, but notable
differences are evident in how well they adapt. What predicts adolescents' academic and …

Recently, there has been a resurgence of research on emotion, including the socialization of
emotion. In this article, a heuristic model of factors contributing to the socialization of emotion …

Literature on the contributions of social cognitive and emotion processes to children's social
competence is reviewed and interpreted in the context of an integrated model of emotion …

This groundbreaking book, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times notable pick, rattled
the psychological establishment when it was first published in 1998 by claiming that parents …

Within the past two decades, an" affect revolution"[Fischer and Tangney, Self-conscious
Emotions: The Psychology of Shame, Guilt, Embarrassment, and Pride 1995: 3-22] in …

A theoretical model for affective social competence is described. Affective social
competence (ASC) is comprised of three integrated and dynamic components: sending …

Socialization is a process in which an individual's standards, skills, motives, attitudes, and
behaviors change to conform to those regarded as desirable and appropriate for his or her …