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Problem Orientation and Psychological Distress Among Adolescents: Do Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Mediate Their Relationship?

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Part One

The development of essential attitudes and abilities that help determine a person's susceptibility to psychological discomfort occurs throughout adolescence's formative years. This particular research aimed to investigate the relationship between problem-solving-oriented and cognitive-behavioral techniques for emotion regulation and levels of psychological discomfort (Speyer etal.,2021).

Notably, the issue of violence among adolescents is increasingly recognized as a severe problem in terms of public health. However, little research has investigated the importance of techniques to control cognitive emotion in teenagers, despite the increased interest in psychographic risk factors for violent conduct. The primary focus of this study will be to investigate the frequency of violent behaviors shown by adolescents and to determine the nature of the connection that exists between specific coping mechanisms for regulating cognition and emotion and various manifestations of aggressive behavior. Using confidential, self-reporting questionnaires, the research will conduct a cross-sectional survey of 3,315 students in grades 7 to 10 to investigate methods by which young adolescents may manage their cognitive processes, emotions, and actions connected to violence. The participants will be notified about the survey, but their personal information will not be public under any circumstances since this would violate ethical standards.

The influence of a father on his children might also vary depending on the gender and age of the kid. For boys, parental psychological distress is related to higher internalizing and externalizing issues throughout early adolescence. This finding lends credence to the notion that this stage of development may be especially significant in father-son exchanges. On the other hand, there is a correlation between maternal and paternal psychological discomfort in early infancy and increased levels of internalizing and externalizing difficulties in females (Speyer et al.,2021). Growing up with a father who struggles with mental illness may make girls more reserved, reducing the possibility that they would acquire issues that are manifested outside their bodies. This is one of the possible explanations.

Part Two

The whole of this project shall be guided by the research questions below: (what is the prevalence of adolescent violent behaviors? what is the relationship between specific strategies to regulate cognitive emotion and forms of violent behavior?)

To help operationalize the variables, a logistic regression model will be used to determine the nature of the connection between specific violent actions and techniques for controlling cognitive and emotional states. The keywords which shall help in looking for resources shall be adolescent, anti-social behavior, cognitive emotion regulation, psychographic risk factors, and violence. In this research project, dependent and independent variables shall be used.

I. Dependent variables shall be; Psychological Distress and problem orientation in adolescents

II. Independent variables on the other hand shall be: Cognitive Emotion Strategies

In addition, this project shall also be run by both null and alternate hypothesis as noted below

Null hypothesis (H0): Emotion regulation strategies will mediate the associations of negative problem association

Alternate Hypothesis (H1): Emotion regulation strategies will not mediate the associations of negative problem association

The violence that occurs among young people is a concern that affects public health worldwide. It encompasses various behaviors, ranging from name-calling and physical altercations to more severe sexual and physical assault and even killing (Bao etal.,2016). Every year, between the ages of 10 and 29, there are over 200 000 killings committed worldwide. This accounts for 42 percent of the total number of homicides committed each year across the globe.

References

Bao, P., Jing, J., Yang, W. H., Li, X. H., & Cai, Y. S. (2016). Violence-related behaviors among adolescents and their association with cognitive emotion regulation strategies. World journal of pediatrics, 12(1), 82-87.

Speyer, L. G., Hall, H. A., Hang, Y., Hughes, C., & Murray, A. L. (2021). Within‐family relations of mental health problems across childhood and adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.