Parent and Teacher Ratings of Emotion Regulation Differentially Estimate Difficulties in Children

Poor emotion regulation is common in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; Martel, 2009) and associated with including higher rates of both internalizing and externalizing disorders (Shaw et al., 2014). Results suggest that both parent and teacher ratings are associated with externalizing difficulties, only parent ratings are associated with internalizing difficulties.