Coping, emotion regulation, and psychopathology in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis and narrative review.

In this meta-analytic and narrative review, we examine several overarching issues related to the study of coping, emotion regulation, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence, including the conceptualization and measurement of these constructs. We report a quantitative meta-analysis of 212 studies (N = 80,850 participants) that measured the associations between coping and emotion regulation with symptoms of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. Within the meta-analysis we address the association of broad domains of coping and emotion regulation (e.g., total coping, emotion regulation), intermediate factors of coping and emotion regulation (e.g.,…

• NI
  National Institute of Mental Health

  Award: R01 MH100258 and T32 MH018921
• NC
  National Cancer Institute

  Award: R01 CA118332
• NI
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  Award: DP3 DK097678