The relation between maternal perception of toddler emotion regulation abilities and emotion regulation abilities displayed by children in a frustration inducing task

The present study aims to investigate the association between maternal perception of toddler emotion regulation abilities, measured with the Emotion Regulation Checklist, and emotion regulation abilities displayed by the child in a delay of gratification task. The participants included 30 Romanian toddlers (M age = 22.89 months) along with their mothers. The results indicated that mother's perception of toddler` s lability was positively associated with observed behavioral aggression, while the mother's perception of toddler` s emotion regulation was negatively associated with observed behavioral aggression.. The results suggest that mothers are more accurate in perceiving the toddler lability. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.