Abstract
Studies focusing on strategies for the cognitive regulation of emotions are gaining importance due to the development and perpetuation of psychopathologies. The obligatory home confinement imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to new virtual learning methodologies. Objective: Our objective aimed to analyze and compare the cognitive emotional regulation of students from universities on the Spanish mainland with that of students attending the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Methods: An online Emotional Regulation Questionnaire was applied, together with a survey covering the students’ beliefs about the pandemic, including information about their housing conditions and beliefs about online learning. The study included a sample of 1030 university students. Results: On the mainland and at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the students most frequently used adaptive strategies. Three of the strategies were used in both groups but to different extents (Acceptance, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective), while the other strategies were used in both groups to the same extent (Refocusing on planning, Positive refocusing, Rumination, Blaming others, Catastrophizing, Self-blame). Meanwhile, the results were quite similar regarding the students’ housing conditions and beliefs about the pandemic and online learning.
Highlights
Accepted: 8 June 2021The management of emotions is among the most important activities in everyday life
Emotional regulation influences a series of processes that systematize emotions, and it manifests itself as a conglomerate of different mechanisms that can modify, model, or suppress an affective state [1,2], attending to precedents or elements of responses [3]
Emotional regulation models include some that are based on strategies
Summary
Accepted: 8 June 2021The management of emotions is among the most important activities in everyday life. The regulation of emotions can either be positive or negative, depending on the context and a person’s interests [6]. A variety of psychological problems can interfere with emotional regulation, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder [7,8]. Emotional regulation models include some that are based on strategies. Such strategies may be adaptive, for example, those associated with psychological processes, like acceptance, or maladaptive, for example, those related to rumination. Effective emotional regulation is related to such positive effects as well-being and proper work performance, whereas ineffective emotional regulation can be associated with such problems as anxiety and depression [10,11]. For Gross [13], emotional
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