Abstract
Emotional functioning plays a crucial role in the social development of children and adolescents. We examined the extent to which emotion control was related to the quality of friendships in pre-adolescents with and without hearing loss. We tested 350 pre-adolescents (75 deaf/hard of hearing in mainstream education (DHHm), 48 deaf/hard of hearing in special education (DHHs), and 227 hearing) through self-report. Outcomes confirmed a positive association between emotion control and positive friendships for all groups, with one notable exception: more approach strategies for emotion regulation were associated with more negative friendship features in the DHHs group. In addition, the DHHm group demonstrated high levels of emotion control, while their levels of positive friendship features were still lower compared to the hearing group.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 209-218 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 4 May 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This research was supported by the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (a VIDI grant) by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), no. 452-07-004 to Carolien Rieffe.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 452-07-004 |
