Development in multidimensional self-regulation is important because it can be leveraged to enable healthy long-term adjustment. This four-wave study investigated longitudinal associations between two domains of adolescent self-regulation, specifically its cognitive (e.g., planning and decision-making) and emotional components (e.g., control of negative emotions). Participants included 500 adolescents (52% female; T1 M_age = 13.31 years; 76% White; average yearly family income > 100,000 USD). A random-intercepts cross-lagged panel model revealed that, once trait-level longitudinal stability in each regulatory component was controlled, there were small cross-lagged effects from cognitive self-regulation to later emotional self-regulation. Findings warrant additional future research that describes adolescents’ multidimensional self-regulation development and its antecedents, in part by appropriately distinguishing between intra- and inter-individual effects.

多维自我调节的发展很重要，因为它可以被用来实现健康的长期调整。这项四波研究调查了青少年自我调节的两个领域之间的纵向关联，特别是其认知（例如，计划和决策）和情绪成分（例如，对负面情绪的控制）。参与者包括 500 名青少年（52% 女性；T1 M_年龄 = 13.31 年；76% 白色；家庭年均收入 > 100,000 美元）。随机截距交叉滞后面板模型表明，一旦控制了每个调节成分的特征水平纵向稳定性，从认知自我调节到后来的情绪自我调节就会产生小的交叉滞后效应。研究结果需要进一步的未来研究来描述青少年的多维自我调节发展及其前因，部分是通过适当区分个体内部和个体间的影响。