Emotion Regulation as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor for (Non)Clinical Adolescents’ Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology: Investigating the Intervening Role of Psychological Need Experiences

This study investigated emotion regulation (i.e., emotional integration, suppression and dysregulation) as a transdiagnostic process underlying adolescents' internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Basic psychological need experiences were investigated as a possible underlying mechanism explaining this association. A heterogeneous sample of non-clinical and clinically-referred adolescents reported upon emotion regulation, basic psychological...