Emotion Dysregulation Explains the Positive Manifold between Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Youth: A Preregistered Replication

We replicated past findings that emotion dysregulation accounts for the positive correlation found between youth internalizing and externalizing problems, suggesting that emotion dysregulation in childhood might give rise to the p-factor. Both mothers and fathers reported on their preschooler’s psychopathology symptoms and emotion dysregulation (N=150 children, 50% female, Mage=5.5).