The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Comorbid Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents with School Refusal Behavior

Celal Yesilkaya, Meliha Feyza Gök, Serkan Turan, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Konya Ereğli State Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uludağ University School of Medicine

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Published online on December 23, 2025

Abstract

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveWe aimed to examine the comorbid mental disorders observed in children and adolescents with school refusal behavior (SRB), as well as the role of these disorders in their emotion regulation difficulties.Method95 healthy controls (HC) and 96 ...