The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships between observer-rated skills related to emotional and cognitive regulation post-admission and pre-release in a secure facility and official records of juvenile felony recidivism up to 1 year after release. Data came from a sample of 599 youth in a residential facility in Washington state (84% male; 38% White). Latent change score models indicated that both initial level of emotional regulation skills and improvement in emotion regulation skills while incarcerated were significantly related to lower recidivism. This pattern of findings remained when controlling for length of stay, among other covariates. Follow-up analyses indicated that the results for emotion regulation skills might be driven primarily by monitoring internal and external triggers. Additional research should investigate the connection between emotion regulation skills and juvenile recidivism, with a special focus on trigger monitoring and how to improve those skills.

本研究的目的是调查观察者评定的与入院后和释放前在安全设施中的情绪和认知调节相关的技能与释放后长达 1 年的青少年重罪累犯的官方记录之间的关系。数据来自华盛顿州一家住宅设施中的 599 名青年样本（84% 为男性；38% 为白人）。潜在变化评分模型表明，在监禁期间情绪调节技能的初始水平和情绪调节技能的提高与较低的累犯率显着相关。在控制逗留时间等协变量时，这种发现模式仍然存在。后续分析表明，情绪调节技能的结果可能主要是通过监测内部和外部触发因素来驱动的。