_____ especially plays a key role in children’s ability to manage the demands and conflicts they face in interacting with others. it is an important component of executive function.
The word to fill the blank space is "Emotion regulation".
Emotional self-regulation or regulation of emotion is the capacity to react to the continuous demands of involvement with the range of feelings in a way that is socially bearable and adequately adaptable to allow spontaneous responses and additionally the capacity to postpone spontaneous responses as required.