Describe, in more detail, the gender differences in emotional self-regulation.

In general, girls are better at both reading and controlling their emotions. Boys are more likely to display anger and aggression, whereas girls tend to report feeling sad, fearful, or guilty. In classrooms, girls are more compliant and less likely to act out (Emmer & Evertson, 2013; Evertson & Emmer, 2013). Explanations for these gender differences include: (a) maturational differences in the brain, that is, the part of the brain responsible for controlling emotions develops more quickly in girls (Rothbard, 2011), (b) hormonal influences (Davila, 2008), and (c) differences in the ways boys and girls are socialised (Kennedy Root & Denham, 2010; Weisgram Bigler, & Liben, 2010). These differences are reflected in the fact that boys are diagnosed as having emotional or behavioural problems much more often than girls (Hallahan, Kauffman, & Pullen, 2012; Hardman, Drew, & Egen, 2014).