Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Research Articles

The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Academic Procrastination in High Schoolers

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between mindfulness, anxiety, and procrastination in high school students. Methods: The study sample consisted of 350 high school female students in Rasht City, Iran. The study subjects responded to the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), the Cattell Anxiety Scale (CAS), and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Data analysis was performed by Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling technique in SPSS and AMOS. Bootstrap in Preacher and Hayes’ Macro program (2008) was also used to test the indirect relationships between the study variables. Results: There was a direct and significant relationship between academic procrastination, anxiety, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (P<0.0001). There was an inverse and significant relationship between procrastination, adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and mindfulness (P<0.0001). Mediation analysis data revealed that the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies exacerbated the effects of anxiety on academic procrastination; the indirect effect of anxiety on procrastination through adaptive strategies was significant. Conclusion: Procrastination in students could be reduced by minimizing anxiety, correcting maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and strengthening adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Anxiety may aggravate academic procrastination by generating maladaptive mechanisms.

Emotion Recognition Ability as a Predictor of Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study examined emotion recognition ability (ERA) as a predictor of positive and negative affect in two Australian and one German-speaking samples (total N = 469) during the first 2 weeks of major public life restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic in March/April 2020. Individuals with higher ERA did not report more positive affect, but they felt less burdened and reported less negative affect. This association was fully mediated by lower COVID-19-related media consumption and less negative affect after reading an eyewitness report from an Italian city with a high COVID-19 death toll. However, higher ERA was also related to arguing more with close others. For low-to-medium ERA, an adaptive cognitive emotion regulation style predicted lower media consumption and for medium-to-high ERA, a maladaptive regulation style marginally increased the perceived likelihood of experiencing a similar situation as in Italy, suggesting that regulation style may moderate the ERA–affect relationship.

The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in BIS/BAS Sensitivities, Depression, and Anxiety Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in China.

BackgroundThe behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activation system (BAS), which primarily underlie emotions and behaviors, are associated with depression and anxiety. However, the reasons behind these associations require further exploration.ObjectiveThis study aims to examine the mediating effects of cognitive emotion regulation between BIS/BAS and depression/anxiety among community-dwelling elderly Chinese.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 836 elderly individuals. Structural equation modeling was used to determine relationships among BIS/BAS, cognitive emotion regulation, and depression/anxiety.ResultsParticipants reporting higher BIS sensitivity were more likely to use maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, which were in turn associated with higher rates of depression and anxiety. BAS sensitivity was more likely to lead to adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, which resulted in lower levels of depression and anxiety.ConclusionOur findings suggest that incorporating emotional regulation in interventions targeting BIS/BAS sensitivities may enhance the accuracy and efficiency of these treatments for depression and anxiety.

Untangling the Emotional Intelligence-Suicidal Ideation Connection: The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescents.

Though contemporary scientific literature addressing the links between emotional intelligence (EI) and suicidal ideation in adolescents is scarce, one of the potential proposed pathways through which EI may reduce the risk of suicidal ideation involves its relationship with the use of adaptive coping strategies. The aim of this research is to provide support for an empirical pathway that proposes that the effects of EI on suicide risk may follow an indirect pathway, involving maladaptive and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, using both cross-sectional and prospective design in two independent studies with Spanish adolescents. The sample of Study 1 consisted of 1824 students (52.4% female; mean age 14.55 years). In Study 2, 796 adolescents (54.4% female; mean age 13.76 years) filled out the measures twice, four months later. The results confirmed a positive association between EI and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and a negative link with suicidal ideation. As expected, the results showed that both cross-sectionally (Study 1) and prospectively (Study 2) EI predicted lower suicidal ideation. Bootstrap mediation analysis indicated that only adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the link between EI and suicidal ideation both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Together, those adolescents who showed higher EI were more likely to report more adaptive cognitive emotion regulation, which in turn predicted lower levels of suicidal ideation. Our findings suggest possible avenues for prevention and intervention efforts aimed at boosting emotional abilities and developing adaptive coping strategies among adolescents who are at elevated suicide risk.

Cognitive Control Training as an Augmentation Strategy to CBT in the Treatment of Fear of Failure in Undergraduates

Previous research in the context of depression indicates that Cognitive Control Training (CCT) has the potential to reduce maladaptive emotion regulation, such as rumination. However, as a stand-alone intervention, CCT does not seem to increase adaptive emotion regulation. We examined whether CCT combined with a traditional fear of failure intervention program would improve emotion regulation and psychopathology symptoms. 102 students participating in a group-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program targeting fear of failure were randomized to CCT or active placebo conditions, performing ten 15-min sessions of the adaptive Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task or an adaptive speed-of-response task, respectively. Primary outcome measures were Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) and symptoms related to depression, anxiety and stress. Secondary outcomes included adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Task-specific cognitive transfer was observed in the CCT condition. In both conditions, RNT and symptoms were reduced. In contrast to our hypotheses, the CCT condition did not significantly differ from the active control condition in terms of treatment effects. The current study is among the first to investigate the added value of combining CCT with CBT in an anxious sample. CCT did not augment effects of a CBT-based fear of failure treatment.

Cognitive regulation strategies as mediation in anxiety and academic adjustment in university students

The aim was to investigate the relationship between and among cognitive emotion regulation, test anxiety and academic adjustment and the possibility of cognitive emotion regulation (CER) to mediate the relationship between academic adjustment (TA) and academic adjustment (AA). We hypothesized that the association between test anxiety and AA is mediated by cognitive emotion regulation. Convenient sampling method was employed to recruit the participants. The sample of the study consisted of 180 students (100% males) representing students from college of education, Jazan University, KSA, aged 19-21 years, with an average of 20.2 years, with a standard deviation of 5.45. For the purpose of this study, quantitative survey research was employed, with cognitive emotion regulation as independent variable, and TA and TA as dependent variables. Findings revealed that adaptive cognitive emotion regulation correlates negatively with TA, and also negatively with AA. On the other hand, Maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation was found to be positively correlated with AA. While AA found to be negatively correlated with TA. The coefficients related to the Adaptive CER regression paths to TA and AA, Maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation regression paths to TA and AA are significant at 0.01 level regardless of their direction.

Predicting Depression Based on Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

Introduction: In recent years, many studies focused on emotion regulation in conceptualization, explanation, and treatment of mental disorders. Problematic patterns of emotional reactivity and regulation are prominent factors in various mental disorders, specially internalizing disorders. The present study aimed to identify the role of emotion regulation strategies in predicting depression. Method: This descriptive –correlational research was conducted on 650 students of Yazd University selected by cluster sampling. They completed the Beck depression inventory (BDI-II) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (CERQ.) Research data were analyzed in SPSS-22 by Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. Results: A significant positive correlation was found between maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, other-blame) and depression. Adaptive emotion regulation strategies (acceptance, reorientation, plan-focus, perspective taking) were negatively correlated with depression. Results of Stepwise regression showed that self-blame, reorientation, catastrophizing, plan-focus, and other blame could explain 34% of depression variance significantly. Conclusion: According to the results, emotion regulation strategies can be a significant factor in predicting depression; so, strengthening the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies should be considered in the development and modification of treatments for depression.

The Effect of Group Emotional Schema Therapy on Cognitive Emotion Strategies in Women with Migraine Headaches: a Pilot Study

The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of emotional schema therapy (EST) on migraine severity and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In this study, 16 women with migraine were randomly assigned to EST group (n = 8) and a waitlist control group (WLC; n = 8). Participants in the EST group received 12 sessions of group emotional schema therapy. Ahwaz Migraine Headache Questionnaire (AMQ) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) were measured pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 1-month of follow-up. Results indicated that EST was more effective than WLC in reducing migraine severity at post-test and follow-up. In addition, participants in the treatment condition showed significant improvement in adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies at post-test and follow-up. Furthermore, as the results showed, time, group, and interaction did not reduce maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies significantly. Our results suggest that emotional schema therapy may be useful in alleviating migraine pains.

Posttraumatic growth among undergraduates: Contributions from adaptive cognitive emotion regulation and emotional intelligence.

Posttraumatic growth among undergraduates: Contributions from adaptive cognitive emotion regulation and emotional intelligence.

The role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in health related quality of life of breast cancer patients

Background/Aim. Breast cancer is often accompanied by patients? unpleasant emotional states, which can significantly affect both the undergoing treatment and the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in relation between emotional distress and various aspects of patients? quality of life, which would further indicate different psychotherapeutic interventions in psycho-oncological practice. Methods. The sample consisted of 97 breast cancer patients. Emotional distress was measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), cognitive emotion regulation strategies were measured using the Cognitive emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-36), while various aspects of health related quality of life were assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) questionnaire. Multiple simultaneous mediations between variables were established using the process macro INDIRECT for SPSS. Results. Positive refocusing had positive effects both on physical [a = -0.83, b = 0.50, ab = - 0.42, standard error (SE) = 0.14; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.17 ? 0.83] and emotional well-being (a = -0.83, b = 0.29, ab = 0.24, SE = 0.13; 95% CI = -0.01 ? 0.58) of the patients. Rumination negatively affected emotional wellbeing (a = -0.75, b = -0.33, ab = -0.25, SE = 0.16; 95% CI = -0.71 ? -0.01) of the patients. Catastrophizing had a negative impact on social (a = 0.96, b = 0.12, ab = -0.12, SE = 0.13; 95% CI = -0.33 ? -0.13) and functional well-being of the patients (a = 0.96, b = -0.16, ab = -0.15, SE = 0.09; 95% CI = -0.32 ? -0.01). Conclusion. Positive refocusing, rumination and catastrophizing are significant cognitive coping strategies through which the intensity of emotional distress significantly changes, and this can be subsequently reflected in different aspects of patients? health related quality of life. The above mentioned implies potential benefits of implementation of cognitive-behavioral trainings and interventions directed towards acquiring adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, in order to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

마음챙김과 우울의 관계: 정서인식명확성과 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략의 간접효과

본 연구는 마음챙김이 우울에 미치는 영향에서 정서인식명확성과 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략의 간접효과를 검증하였다. 이를 위해 경남 지역의 대학생 남녀 275명을 대상으로 마음챙김, 우울, 정서인식명확성, 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략에 대한 질문지를 사용하여 설문조사를 실시하였고 무응답이나 이상치가 있는 57명의 자료를 제외한 218명의 자료를 최종 분석에 사용하였다. 상관분석을 통해 측정변인 간의 관계를 검토하였고, 변인 간의 구조적 관계를 살펴보고 간접효과를 검증하기 위하여 구조방정식 모형분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 마음챙김이 정서인식명확성과 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략을 순차적으로 경유하여 우울에 영향을 미치는 간접효과가 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 의의와 제한점에 대하여 논의하였다.

장애자녀 어머니의 애착회피와 장애수용과의 관계: 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략과 외상 후 성장의 매개효과

장애자녀 어머니의 애착회피와 장애수용과의 관계: 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략과 외상 후 성장의 매개효과

The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategy on the Relationship between Emotion Malleability Beliefs and Depression, Anxiety in Individual with Generalized Anxiety Tendency

Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategy on the relationship between emotion malleability beliefs and depression, and between emotion malleability beliefs and anxiety in Individuals with GAD (Generalized anxiety disorder) symptoms. Methods: The 103 individuals with GAD symptoms respond to the questionnaires measuring emotion malleability beliefs, cognitive emotion regulation strategy, depression, anxiety. Results: Data from this study show that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy mediates the effect of emotion malleability beliefs on depression and anxiety. Adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy has no mediating effect on them. Conclusions: These results suggest that making the individuals with GAD have emotion malleability beliefs or educating them on emotion regulation strategy may not be enough. Therefore, practical intervention is needed in the overall emotion regulation. Finally, this paper includes implications, limitations, and suggestions for the future study.

The Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Predict the Moroccan Nurses Student Clinical Performance

In nursing, performance is crucial to meet the needs of patients, provide quality care and ensure safety. One of the most fundamental goals of nursing education is to develop nurses student performance. This study was conducted to investigate the effect the adaptive and the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the Moroccan nurses student clinical performance from the Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technics of Health, Rabat, Morocco. This study was a descriptive correlational research including 320 students from final semester. The majority of participants were female (72, 50%) with the rest (27.50%) were male. The participants mean age was 21,29±0,79. Two tools were used to collect the data. The first was the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The second was the Six Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance. The results of this research show significant positive correlation between three of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (acceptance, positive reappraisal, refocus on planning strategies) and the nurses student performance (p < 0, 01). The multiple regression indicates that acceptance strategie is the main predictor of the performance (Beta = 8.13, p < 0.01). The results clearly highlight the importance to promote the emotion management among others cognitive emotion regulation, especially acceptance strategie in the field of nursing education. Other studies should be oriented towards this subject in order to increase knowledge in this field.

간호대학생의 완벽주의적 자기제시와 사회불안의 관계에서 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략의 조절효과

이 연구의 목적은 간호대학생의 완벽주의적 자기제시와 사회불안의 관계에서 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략의 조절효과를 검증하는 데 있다. J도 소재 간호대학에 재학 중인 1, 2학년 여학생 198명의 자기보고 자료를 수집하였다. 구조방정식모형 분석의 결과, 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략의 조절효과가 유의하였다. PROCESS Macro 적용 결과, 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략 수준이 낮은 집단에서는 완벽주의적 자기제시 수준이 높을수록 사회불안 수준이 높은 반면, 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략 수준이 높은 집단에서는 완벽주의적 자기제시가 사회불안에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 적응적 인지적 정서조절전략이 사회불안에 대한 완벽주의적 자기제시의 부정적 영향을 완충하는 보호요인으로 작용함을 시사한다. 연구의 제한점과 후속연구의 주제를 논의하였다.

How to Differentiate Generalized Anxiety Disorder from Worry: The Role of Cognitive Strategies

The aim of the current study was to compare adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), high worriers and healthy control adults in terms of cognitive variables. A total of 125 participants, including 32 people with GAD, 43 high worriers and 50 healthy control people, completed questionnaires assessing cognitive avoidance strategies, adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and cognitive fusion. We found that people with GAD and high worriers scored significantly higher on self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, blaming others, and avoidance of threatening stimuli. They also scored significantly lower on positive refocusing in comparison to the healthy control group. The GAD group significantly scored higher in rumination and avoidance of threatening stimuli and scored significantly lower in positive refocusing, and positive reappraisal in comparison to the high worriers group. These results suggested that individuals with GAD and high worriers, in comparison to healthy control people, and individuals with GAD, in comparison to high worriers, use more maladaptive and less adaptive cognitive strategies. The results of this study could help the researchers better understand some of the cognitive strategies involved in GAD and high worriers and pay more attention to these cognitive variables.

학령후기 아동이 지각한 부모의 수용적 양육태도가 분노조절에 미치는 영향: 정서인식 명확성과 적응적 인지정서조절 전략의 매개효과 검증

학령후기 아동이 지각한 부모의 수용적 양육태도가 분노조절에 미치는 영향: 정서인식 명확성과 적응적 인지정서조절 전략의 매개효과 검증

The use of the Adaptive and the Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies by Nurses Student in Morocco Facing to the Patient Death in a Clinical Setting

The purpose of this study is to describe the adaptive and the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies used by nurse’s student having experienced the death of a patient in a clinical setting. The study was conducted in the Institute of Nursing and Technical Health of Rabat in Morocco. To carry out this study, 64 nurses student from license cycle have recruited (56,2% female, 43,8% male). 37,5% nurses student are from semester two and 62,5% are from the final semester (S6). The mean age is 20,33±1,67. The tool used to conduct this study is the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire. For the all group, the students use less the adaptive cognitive regulation strategies. However we could say that the use of maladptaive cognitive emotion regulation strategies is in the norms. There was significant difference between males and females in terms of catastrophizing (p<0,001), self-blame (p=0,01), rumination (p=0,04) with a high scores among females. Compared to the nurses student from the semester two, the nurses student from the final semester had law self-blame, law catastrophizing, law rumination, and high positive refocusing. The study shows that, facing to the death, nurses student underutilized the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The use of the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies is in the norms. However, significant differences related to the gender and to the study level were observed. These results show the great interest of intervention to promote the cognitive emotion regulation strategies while taking into account the gender approach. Other studies are also essential to deepen this aspect to see the impact of its strategies on nurses students' psychological health as well as on their performance.

Exploration of psychological mechanisms of the reduced stress response in long-term meditation practitioners

Previous research links contemplative practices, such as meditation, with stress reduction. However, little is known about the psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study compares the physiological stress response (reactivity and recovery) measured by changes in salivary cortisol, heart rate, heart rate variability, and the associated stress-related ratings in long-term meditation practitioners (N = 29) and age- and sex- matched meditation naïve controls (N = 26). The participants were administered the Trier Social Stress Test in its active and placebo versions. The results demonstrated that long-term meditation practitioners had faster cortisol recovery from stress, and experienced less shame and higher self-esteem after the exposure to social-evaluative threat. In addition, long-term meditation practitioners scored higher on adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, such as acceptance and positive reappraisal, and lower on maladaptive ones, such as catastrophizing. The cognitive emotion regulation strategy of acceptance mediated the relationship between meditation practice and cortisol recovery. These results suggest that meditation practice is associated with faster recovery from stress due to the employment of adaptive emotion regulation strategy of acceptance, delineating a pathway underlying the positive effects of meditation on stress.

The Influence of Smartphone Addiction on Subjective Well-being among adults : Dual Mediation Effect of Executive Function Deficit and Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

The Influence of Smartphone Addiction on Subjective Well-being among adults : Dual Mediation Effect of Executive Function Deficit and Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies