Anwar recommends focusing on a small number of meaningful traditions, simplifying gift expectations, and setting realistic academic goals. “Trying to do everything perfectly creates pressure that ...

Using marijuana just once or twice a month was associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens, ...

Young children who struggle to control their emotions and behaviour have more symptoms of anxiety and depression as teenagers, a study says. Children who had difficulty managing intense emotions at ...

This month’s executive function skill of focus is emotion regulation. As a reminder, executive function skills are brain-based skills that help individuals get things done. For many neurodivergent ...

Teenagers today are exploring relationships in an environment shaped by social media, instant communication, and evolving ideas of love and identity. For many parents, this stage brings discomfort, ...

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.

When kids feel bombarded by difficult emotions, they may feel a sense of helplessness, as if there is nothing they can do to pull themselves out of the storm. As parents, we know effective strategies ...

A longitudinal study in China found that adolescents who were maltreated as children are more likely to use maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. These individuals also tend to ...

We invite submissions for a special issue that explores the multi-layered dynamics of emotion regulation, integrating both intrapersonal strategies and interpersonal contexts in which regulation ...

If your teen exhibits narcissistic behaviors, either grandiose or vulnerable, how can you tell if they have a personality disorder or if it's just normal adolescent behavior?

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...