<![CDATA[Emotional regulation refers to a person's ability to manage, control, and express their emotions adaptively. A person with good emotional regulation tends to be able to restrain and control aggressive behavior. The goal is to regulate emotions, especially negative emotions, which have the potential to trigger aggressive actions. The purpose of this study was to determine which emotional regulation contributes to aggressive behavior in correctional inmates (WBP) at Class IIB Padang Panjang Penitentiary. A quantitative approach was used with a causal design used in this study. A total of 34 WBP involved in cases of violence became the subject participants in this study who were selected using a saturated sampling technique. The research instrument consisted of an emotional regulation scale and an aggressive behavior scale. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression to measure the contribution of emotional regulation to aggressive behavior. The results of the analysis obtained a significant emotional regulation and aggressive behavior (sig. 0.003 <0.05), with a contribution of 24.4%.]]>
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