“…However, some investigators have distinguished conceptually and empirically between regulation and dysregulation. Dysregulation has been defined as loss of behavioral and emotional control, especially in anger-or frustration-inducing contexts (Bridges, Denham, & Ganiban, 2004;Cole, Michel, & Teti, 1994;Denham et al, 2003;Dodge & Garber, 1991;Rubin et al, 2003;Shields & Cicchetti, 1997;Shipman et al, 2007). Shields and Cicchetti, for example, characterized regulation as "situationally appropriate" behavior and emotion, including "empathic toward others," or "can say when s/he is feeling sad, angry or mad, fearful or afraid" (p. 910).…”