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- This study validated the PACER Questionnaire, which assesses how caregivers support their children's emotion regulation, focusing on a sample of caregivers of children 5 years old and younger.
- It identified three caregiver profiles: those providing strong support for healthy regulation strategies, those linked to negative outcomes, and a mixed group, indicating varied approaches to emotion regulation among caregivers.
- Findings suggest that the PACER is a reliable tool for understanding and improving caregiver support for children's emotional growth, potentially guiding prevention and intervention strategies in early development.
Article Abstract
Caregivers play a crucial role in supporting the development of their children's emotion regulation. This study validated the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire in a sample of 491 caregivers ( = 32.89 years) of young children ≤ 5 years. Exploratory structural equation modeling provided evidence of the instrument's ability to assess parental support for 10 distinct emotion regulation strategies that match the intended design of the instrument. Latent profile analysis revealed three distinct caregiver profiles characterized by above-average support for strategies that previously have been shown to be predictive of adaptive outcomes, maladaptive outcomes, or mixed-outcomes, respectively. Results add to existing literature that suggests the PACER is a valid and reliable assessment of caregiver-implemented support of emotion regulation strategies for children ≤ 5 years old. Evidence of distinct caregiver profiles highlights opportunities for prevention and intervention efforts to bolster extrinsic support for adaptive emotion regulation strategies. This instrument may be well-suited to capturing changes throughout the early developmental period, in addition to monitoring caregiver-facing interventions promoting optimal emotion regulation in children.
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