Systematic Review of Literature on Expressiveness and Emotional Regulation in High School Students

Expressividade Emocional em estudantes

Abstract

Abstract: Adolescence is a period marked by many biopsychosocial changes in an individual's life. In this sense, high school brings a strong emotional charge, as the teenager needs to prepare himself to think about his career, in addition to his personal dilemmas. Thus, the present study sought to understand what has been produced on the themes emotional expressiveness and emotional regulation in high school students. For this, it carried out a systematic review in four databases (PubMed, PepSic, SciELO and Lilacs), including articles published between 2011 and 2021. Initially, 3,723 articles were selected, which after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria were reduced to two. The results obtained here reveal that there are very few investigations into emotional expressiveness and emotional regulation in the country. However, both are clear about the positive effects of interventions with adolescents that included identification, understanding and naming of emotions, which are part of the emotional regulation skill. The first article demonstrates that these procedures were able to replace the violent response through the use of cultural objects of expression such as audiovisual and theater. In the second, the process of emotional regulation helped adolescents to build vital projects and to develop feelings that went beyond personal interests and included the concern and well-being of others. The relevance of the studies confirms the need to carry out national research in order to produce more knowledge in the area and support interventions for the socio-emotional development of adolescents.