The importance of self-regulatory skills for the socio-emotional competencies of children is
being researched and discussed extensively. However, in order to make a clear statement …

Research Findings: The aim of the present study was to examine the moderating role of
inhibitory control (IC) in the associations between shyness and young children's social and …

Guilt theoretically functions to motivate reparative behaviors, which, in turn, theoretically
alleviate guilt and prevent depression. Although empirical research supports these theories …

This engaging, authoritative text synthesizes a vast body of research on how young children
develop the ability to understand, express, and manage their emotions, as well as the impact …

Although shy children have been described as less empathetic than their more sociable
peers, this may be due to a performance rather than a competence deficit. The aim of this …

Parents' discipline and children's inhibitory control are important predictors of children's
prosocial behaviors. Yet few studies have examined how these factors are related across …

This study examined how children's attentional orientation towards environmental cues,
dispositional sympathy and inhibitory control were associated with their ethical guilt …

Although low resting heart rate has been linked to frequent aggressive conduct in childhood,
little is known about the interaction of this biological risk with social emotions that protect …

This study examined the course and correlates of the happy victimizer tendency—the
expectation that harming others to achieve a goal will result in positive emotional outcomes …

Difficulty using reparative behaviors (ie, prosocial behaviors that individuals use after they
have transgressed to cause another's distress) has been concurrently associated with …