Self-regulation (SR), or the ability to manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviours in order to achieve a desired goal, is seen as underlying positive health behaviours. In adults, behaviour change techniques (BCTs) are recommended to promote SR across health domains; although establishing healthy habits early in life is important, studies of SR and health in children are rare. This conceptual review provides guidance on developmental considerations for applying BCTs to enhance SR capacity in children and youth with the goal of fostering positive behavioural health trajectories early in the lifespan. Key considerations include the nature of developmental changes in SR and interaction among SR processes; temporal associations between SR and health behaviours; and relevance of health goals for children and youth. Building on a meta-review of BCT's used to promote SR in adults and youth, this conceptual review highlights key SR milestones to consider in behaviour change-focused interventions from early childhood through adolescence and provides an overview of social-ecologic influences on SR development and associations between SR and health behaviours across these age periods. Implications for and examples of using developmentally-informed BCTs in interventions to enhance SR in children and youth are noted and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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在健康促进背景下增强自我调节的发展知情行为改变技术：概念审查。

自我调节（SR），或管理思想、情绪和行为以实现预期目标的能力，被视为潜在的积极健康行为。对于成年人，建议使用行为改变技术 (BCT) 来促进跨健康领域的 SR；尽管在生命早期建立健康的习惯很重要，但关于儿童 SR 和健康的研究却很少。本概念审查为应用 BCT 增强儿童和青少年的 SR 能力的发展考虑提供了指导，目的是在生命早期培养积极的行为健康轨迹。关键考虑因素包括 SR 发展变化的性质以及 SR 过程之间的相互作用；SR 与健康行为之间的时间关联；以及儿童和青少年健康目标的相关性。基于对用于促进成人和青少年 SR 的 BCT 的荟萃审查，本概念审查强调了从幼儿期到青春期的以行为改变为重点的干预措施中需要考虑的关键 SR 里程碑，并概述了社会生态对 SR 发展和发展的影响。这些年龄段的 SR 与健康行为之间的关联。指出了在干预措施中使用发育信息 BCT 来增强儿童和青少年 SR 的含义和示例，并讨论了对未来研究的建议。