EMOCIONALNE VJEŠTINE U RANOJ ADOLESCENCIJI - SPOLNE I DOBNE RAZLIKE
EMOTIONAL SKILLS IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE - GENDER AND AGE DIFFERENCES

Summary/Abstract: The transition to adolescence brings numerous changes for children and adolescents. Adequately developed emotional skills may be necessary for successful coping with the challenges of that period. Emotional clarity is an emotional skill defined as an understanding of one's own emotions. Previous research shows that there are gender and age differences in emotional clarity in adolescence, but it is not entirely clear when they occur. The aim of this research is to explore the structure of the Croatian version of the Emotional Clarity Questionnaire and to investigate whether there are gender and age differences in emotional clarity in the period of transition to adolescence. The research was conducted as part of the project titled: Child Well-being in the Family Context (CHILD-WELL), which is financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. 1,548 children attending the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of the primary school participated in the project. In this research, a shortened version of the Emotional Clarity Questionnaire was used on a Croatian sample of children. The children also provided information about their own negative emotionality. Analyzes showed that the shortened version of the Emotional Clarity Questionnaire is comparable for boys and girls, and for children in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of elementary school. The results also showed that there are no significant age differences in this developmental period. However, there were consistent gender differences. Boys showed higher levels of emotional clarity than girls from fourth to sixth grade. However, additional exploratory analyzes revealed that gender differences are not present after controlling for children's negative emotionality.

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