“…For example, the physical and psychological changes are likely to be associated with the experience of novel types of reactivity, and these changing systems seem to contribute to EC (Spear, 2000). Some of these changes are associated with increases in negative emotion and moodiness that are likely to place more demands on adolescents' regulatory abilities (Brooks-Gunn, Graber, & Paikoff, 1994;Buchanan, Eccles, & Becker, 1992;Larson & Asmussen, 1991;Larson, Csikszentmihalyi, & Graef, 1980;Larson, Giovanni, Richards, & Wilson, 2002). Finally, compared with work with younger children, there is less work on the relations between adolescents' EC and problem behavior and social competence, which is surprising given the rise in affective and behavioral disorders that occur during this developmental period (Farrington, 2004).…”