Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents
Abstract Background Adolescence is a pivotal stage in human development, marked by significant biological, cognitive, and emotional transformations that shape an individual's character and future behaviour. The emotional strategies and behavioural patterns inculcated during this phase become in...
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| description | Abstract Background Adolescence is a pivotal stage in human development, marked by significant biological, cognitive, and emotional transformations that shape an individual's character and future behaviour. The emotional strategies and behavioural patterns inculcated during this phase become integral aspects of one's personality, influencing how one navigates through various life challenges. For vulnerable adolescents, such as neglected children in institutional care or orphans, negative life experiences can heighten the risk of developing psychological concerns. This heightened vulnerability is often exacerbated by impaired emotional regulation and low resilience, which may contribute to the emergence of internalising disorders. Methods The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between meta emotions and difficulties in emotional regulation among neglected adolescents and to analyse the mediating effect of resilience on this relationship. The participants of the study were 667 neglected adolescents: 335 males (50.2%) and 332 females (49.8%) who belong to the age group 13 to 17 years (mean age = 14.60, S.D = 1.16) years from various institutional homes across Bangalore. Results The results of this study confirm that in the presence of increased levels of negative meta emotions in an individual, despite the mediating effects of resilience, difficulties in emotional regulation will be further worsened. This was substantiated by the positive correlation between negative meta emotion and difficulties in emotional regulation. Contrastingly, elevated positive meta emotions in an individual, along with the mediating effects of resilience, reduce the difficulties in emotional regulation. This was also reinforced by the strong relationship between positive meta emotions and difficulties in emotion regulation. Conclusion The findings of the study highlight the prevalence of increased negative meta emotions and poor emotional regulation among neglected adolescents, which is of utmost importance from a psychological, social and policy-making perspective. This calls for the need for tailored and individual-focused interventional strategies to improve the psychological health of these vulnerable children. Moreover, the critical period of adolescence is a crucial time for implementing effective policies in order to shape the behavioural and cognitive aspects of personality with much-needed care, support, and professional guidance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6bb40262ffeb420b8c13cb62ce1acfc02025-08-20T02:05:16ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832025-06-0113111310.1186/s40359-025-02856-0Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescentsJoshy Jesline0John Romate1Elizabeth Diya2Eslavath Rajkumar3Department of Psychology, CHRIST UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Central University of KarnatakaDepartment of Psychology, CHRIST UniversityDepartment of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Abstract Background Adolescence is a pivotal stage in human development, marked by significant biological, cognitive, and emotional transformations that shape an individual's character and future behaviour. The emotional strategies and behavioural patterns inculcated during this phase become integral aspects of one's personality, influencing how one navigates through various life challenges. For vulnerable adolescents, such as neglected children in institutional care or orphans, negative life experiences can heighten the risk of developing psychological concerns. This heightened vulnerability is often exacerbated by impaired emotional regulation and low resilience, which may contribute to the emergence of internalising disorders. Methods The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between meta emotions and difficulties in emotional regulation among neglected adolescents and to analyse the mediating effect of resilience on this relationship. The participants of the study were 667 neglected adolescents: 335 males (50.2%) and 332 females (49.8%) who belong to the age group 13 to 17 years (mean age = 14.60, S.D = 1.16) years from various institutional homes across Bangalore. Results The results of this study confirm that in the presence of increased levels of negative meta emotions in an individual, despite the mediating effects of resilience, difficulties in emotional regulation will be further worsened. This was substantiated by the positive correlation between negative meta emotion and difficulties in emotional regulation. Contrastingly, elevated positive meta emotions in an individual, along with the mediating effects of resilience, reduce the difficulties in emotional regulation. This was also reinforced by the strong relationship between positive meta emotions and difficulties in emotion regulation. Conclusion The findings of the study highlight the prevalence of increased negative meta emotions and poor emotional regulation among neglected adolescents, which is of utmost importance from a psychological, social and policy-making perspective. This calls for the need for tailored and individual-focused interventional strategies to improve the psychological health of these vulnerable children. Moreover, the critical period of adolescence is a crucial time for implementing effective policies in order to shape the behavioural and cognitive aspects of personality with much-needed care, support, and professional guidance.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02856-0Meta emotionsResilienceEmotional RegulationNeglected adolescents |
| spellingShingle | Joshy Jesline John Romate Elizabeth Diya Eslavath Rajkumar Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents BMC Psychology Meta emotions Resilience Emotional Regulation Neglected adolescents |
| title | Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| title_full | Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| title_short | Mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| title_sort | mediating role of resilience on the relationship between meta emotions and emotional regulation among neglected adolescents |
| topic | Meta emotions Resilience Emotional Regulation Neglected adolescents |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02856-0 |
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