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Methods: This cross-sectional study included 100 Romanian adolescents with neuromotor disabilities aged 13 to 18 years (M = 15.2) divided into three groups according to the stages of adolescence: Group 1 (13 years\u201446 respondents), Group 2 (14 to 17 years\u201426 respondents), and Group 3 (18 years\u201428 respondents). They completed a questionnaire that assessed the emotional intelligence of the adolescents (positive impression, interpersonal, intrapersonal, stress management, adaptability, and general mood) as well as another one that assessed the possible cognitive emotional coping strategies (e.g., \u201cblame self\u201d, \u201cacceptance\u201d, \u201crumination\u201d, \u201cpositive refocusing\u201d, \u201crefocus on planning\u201d, \u201cpositive reappraisal\u201d, \u201cputting into perspective\u201d, \u201ccatastrophizing\u201d, and \u201cblaming others\u201d) that they may adopt in managing life situations related to their health problem. Results: Group 3 has significantly higher scores than Group 2 on the Interpersonal subscale and also significantly higher scores than Group 1 on the Stress management. Our analysis also revealed significant correlations between adaptive coping strategies and emotional intelligence domains across all groups, with positive associations between acceptance and stress management, as well as between positive refocusing and adaptability. Regression analysis identified adaptive coping strategies as significant predictors of emotional intelligence, explaining 29% of its variance. Conclusions: Our findings underscore the critical importance of targeted interventions to enhance emotional regulation and adaptive coping strategies in adolescents with neuromotor disabilities. By focusing on strengthening emotional intelligence and tailoring interventions to developmental stages, these programs can promote better emotional and social functioning, particularly in challenging situations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children11121466","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,2]],"date-time":"2024-12-02T06:58:58Z","timestamp":1733122738000},"page":"1466","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Exploring the Links Between Coping Strategies, Emotional Intelligence, and Age in Adolescents with Neuromotor Disabilities"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Ioana Elena","family":"Cioca","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5109-923X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Veronica","family":"Morcov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"National Teaching Center for Children\u2019s Neurorehabilitation \u201cDr. Nicolae Robanescu\u201d, 44 Dumitru Minca Street, 041408 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3481-9690","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Corina","family":"Sporea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"National Teaching Center for Children\u2019s Neurorehabilitation \u201cDr. Nicolae Robanescu\u201d, 44 Dumitru Minca Street, 041408 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2746-4253","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oana Alina","family":"Apostol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Teaching Center for Children\u2019s Neurorehabilitation \u201cDr. Nicolae Robanescu\u201d, 44 Dumitru Minca Street, 041408 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angelo","family":"Pellegrini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena-Nicoleta","family":"Bordea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"13","article-title":"The Bar-On model of emotional-social intelligence (ESI)1","volume":"18","year":"2006","journal-title":"Psicothema"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"507","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.psych.59.103006.093646","article-title":"Human Abilities: Emotional Intelligence","volume":"59","author":"Mayer","year":"2008","journal-title":"Annu. 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