A Comprehensive Review of Emotion Regulation Strategies and Their Efficiency Across the Life Span

Abstract

Particularly for teenagers, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that followed have presented serious obstacles to mental health. This study examines the connection between adolescents’ poor sleep during the early phases of the COVID-19 lockdown and their inability to regulate their emotions. 2563 teenagers from Innova Schools in urban low and middle environments, ages 11 to 17, made up the sample. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Difficulties in Emotion control Scale Short Form were self-report questionnaires that participants completed to gauge their level of emotion control and sleep quality. To ensure split-half reliability, the sample was split into subsets for exploratory and confirmatory purposes. Prior to confirmatory studies, hypotheses were preregistered based on the results of exploratory analyses. The results showed a strong correlation between less restful sleep and more challenges with emotion regulation, particularly in the capacity practice goal-oriented behavior, emotional self-awareness, and distress-reduction techniques. Girls and older teenagers reported having more difficulty controlling their emotions and having poorer quality sleep. The study highlights the need for therapies focusing on both dimensions in teenage populations and advances our understanding of how Regulating emotions and sleep interact during worldwide crisis.