Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Research Articles

The Mediating Role of Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship between Metacognitive Beliefs and Test Anxiety

هدف: هدف از این پژوهش بررسی واسطه‌­ای راهبردهای سازش نایافته تنظیم شناختی هیجان در رابطه باورهای فراشناختی با اضطراب امتحان بود. روش: روش پژوهش حاضر توصیفی و از نوع همبستگی بود. جامعه آماری این پژوهش را کلیه دانش‌­آموزان پسر دوره دوم متوسطه شهر تهران در سال تحصیلی 1401-1400 تشکیل دادند که تعداد 456 نفر به روش نمونه‏‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب و در این پژوهش شرکت کردند. ابزارها شامل سیاهه اضطراب امتحان ابوالقاسمی و همکاران (1375)، پرسشنامه باورهای فراشناختی باکو و دیگران (2009)، فرم کوتاه پرسشنامه راهبردهای تنظیم شناختی هیجانی گارنفسکی و کرایج (2006) بود. داده‌های پژوهش با استفاده از روش همبستگی پیرسون و معادلات ساختاری توسط نرم‌افزارهای SPSS نسخه 24 و AMOS بررسی شدند. یافته‌­ها: نتایج نشان داد که باورهای فراشناختی، راهبردهای سازش نایافته تنظیم شناختی هیجان، رابطه‌ مستقیم و غیرمستقیم معنادار با اضطراب امتحان دارند(05/0p<). همچنین، تنظیم شناختی هیجان سازش نایافته نیز نقش میانجی در رابطه بین باورهای فراشناختی با اضطراب امتحان دانش­آموزان دارد(05/0p<). نتیجه‏‌گیری: با توجه به یافته­‌های پژوهش باورهای فراشناختی با واسطه­‌گری راهبردهای تنظیم شناختی هیجان سازش نایافته دانش‏آموزان می‌‏تواند بر اضطراب امتحان آنان اثرگذار باشد. لذا پیشنهاد می‏‌شود مداخلات مبتنی بر درمان فراشناخت و مداخلات مبتنی بر تنظیم شناختی هیجان در درمان اضطراب امتحان دانش‌‏آموزان مورد توجه قرار گیرد.

Psychological maltreatment and aggression in preadolescence: Roles of temperamental effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies

BackgroundAggression is a type of externalization problem, which is common in preadolescence. The cause of preadolescents' aggression can be traced to their adverse family experiences, such as childhood psychological maltreatment. Therefore, exploring the cause and mechanism underlying aggressive behavior in preadolescents who have experienced psychological maltreatment is critical to preadolescents' healthy development. ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to explore the mediating effects of effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between psychological maltreatment and aggressive behavior among preadolescents. Participants and settingA total sample of 940 preadolescents (50.53 % males and 49.47 % females, Mage = 9.75 years, SD = 1.17) were selected from two primary schools in Liaoning province, China. All preadolescents were in grades 3–5. MethodsThe participants completed questionnaires regarding psychological maltreatment, effortful control, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and aggression. ResultsThe results revealed that: (a) psychological maltreatment was positively associated with aggressive behavior; and (b) effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation mediated the link between psychological maltreatment and aggression in a sequential pattern. ConclusionsThe present study provides further understanding of the relations between psychological maltreatment and aggression, and it also provides prevention and intervention suggestions concerning how to reduce the effect of psychological maltreatment on aggressive behavior among preadolescents.

Alcohol use problems and conflict among couples: A preliminary investigation of the moderating effects of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.

Alcohol use can operate as a chronic relationship stressor with adverse influences on individual and relationship functioning, including negative conflict behaviors; however, it remains unclear what modifiable individual-level factors may moderate this association. The current study examined the effects of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relation between alcohol use problems and negative relationship conflict behaviors. Participants were 30 couples (N=60) wherein at least one partner engaged in recent hazardous drinking or illicit drug use. Participants completed a measure of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (i.e., catastrophizing, self-blame, blaming others, rumination) and engaged in a 10-minute dyadic conflict task in the laboratory. Couple conflict behaviors were video-recorded and assessed using a validated coding system. Actor partner interdependence models indicated that (1) men with more maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies displayed more negative relationship conflict behaviors and (2) among women who use fewer maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, those who report alcohol use problems display more negative relationship behaviors than women who report fewer alcohol use problems. These findings suggest that the tendency to engage in fewer maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies buffers the effect of conflict among women without alcohol use problems. Results also suggest that women with alcohol use problems engaged in more negative conflict behaviors regardless of their tendency to use maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. This research has important implications for integrating emotion regulation skills into alcohol use treatment for women, particularly later in the course of treatment.

Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Marital Interpersonal Pathologies in Men with Avoidant Attachment: Investigating the Mediating Role of Caregiving Styles

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting marital interpersonal pathologies of men with avoidant attachment. Particularly, this study examined the role of men's cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the mediating role of their caregiving styles. Availability sampling method was used to select 420 married men with avoidant attachment who were referred to counseling centers in Isfahan, Iran for marital problems during 2021 to 2022. The participants were asked to answer to scales on their instruments included experiences in close relationships, cognitive emotion regulation, caregiving styles, and marital interpersonal pathologies. The data analysis was performed using structural equations via analysis of a moment structures software. The results showed that adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (MERS) and caregiving styles (sensitive, proximate, and controlling) directly predicted marital interpersonal pathologies. Also, caregiving styles (sensitive, proximate, and controlling) played a mediating role in the relationship between adaptive and MERS and marital interpersonal pathologies. Therefore, based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that family therapists examine cognitive emotion regulation strategies and caregiving styles in order to investigate and treat marital problems in such men.

Perceived stress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses: A moderated mediation model of maladaptive cognitive emotional regulation and psychological capital.

Nurses often face a variety of work-related and life-related stresses that make them more prone to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet the underlying mechanism of this association is poorly understood. To address this research gap, we investigated the mediating role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between perceived stress and PTSD symptoms, and explored whether psychological capital could moderate the direct or indirect effects between perceived stress and PTSD symptoms. Nurses (N = 723) completed a questionnaire about perceived stress, PTSD symptoms, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and psychological capital. After controlling for gender, age and work department, perceived stress was positively correlated with PTSD symptoms. Maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated this relationship. Psychological capital moderates the effects of perceived stress and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies on PTSD symptoms. Specifically, the positive correlation between perceived stress and PTSD symptoms was stronger among nurses with low levels of psychological capital than among nurses with high levels of psychological capital. At the same time, the positive correlation between maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and PTSD symptoms was stronger in nurses with a low level of psychological capital. Therefore, cognitive strategies and interventions oriented toward psychological capital may alleviate the PTSD symptoms of nurses in stressful situations.

The Effect of Emotion Regulation on Predicting Depressive Symptoms in Students

Background: Many people around the world have been affected by depression, which causes a great deal of problems. Emotion regulation refers to processes influencing emotion, experiences, and expresses. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the role of emotion regulation to predict depressive symptoms among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences students. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 305 students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran, who were randomly selected by convenient sampling method. The informed consent forms were signed by the participants. Then the Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition (BDI-II) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale (CERQ-18) were completed in a virtual/face-to-face manner due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were analyzed with SPSS software version 26. A total of 296 participants were analyzed, of whom 198 (66.9%) were female, and 98 (33.1%) were male. Results: The self-blame strategies (β = 0.31, P ≤ 0.001), positive reassessment (β = -0.26, P ≤ 0.001), catastrophic (β = 0.26, P ≤ 0.001), numerical importance (β = -0.12, P ≤ 0.001) and positive refocus (β = -0.10, P ≤ 0.001) predict 40% of the variance of depression in five steps. Inconsistent strategies such as self-blame and catastrophe directly predict depression. Further, depression is inversely related to positive reassessment, insignificance, and positive refocus. Conclusions: According to the results, there was a significant direct relationship between self-blame and catastrophic thinking as maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies with depression. In addition, positive refocusing and positive reassessment had a significant negative correlation with depression among adaptive emotion regulation strategies.

The Role of Anxiety and Depression in the Emotion Regulation Strategies of People Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers have explored the links between cognitive emotion regulation, impaired cognitive functioning, and anxiety-depression, including the link to anxiety and depression levels. However, very few studies have examined these dimensions in clinical populations with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A sample of 183 participants was divided into three groups: 59 trauma-exposed with PTSD, 61 trauma-exposed without PTSD, and 63 non-trauma-exposed non-PTSD (controls). All participants were assessed on the following dimensions: PTSD (PCL-5), cognitive emotion regulation (CERQ), anxiety and depression (HADS). Results indicate a specific profile of emotion regulation associated with PTSD. Compared to other groups, participants with PTSD showed more difficulty managing their emotions, with more rumination, self-blame, and catastrophizing. Moreover, these difficulties were also correlated with levels of anxiety and depression, that is, participants with PTSD who had higher anxiety and depression scores used more maladaptive strategies. The PTSD group used significantly more maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies than the other groups, with distinct profiles related to anxiety and depressive symptomatology.

A systematic examination of cognitive emotion regulation strategies, global emotion dysregulation, and cognitive insight in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among trauma exposed patients with early nonaffective psychosis.

Previous research has shown that emotion dysregulation after trauma is associated with increased posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity. However, it remains unclear how different dimensions of emotion dysregulation and cognitive insight may interact to predict Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) PTSD symptoms in early psychosis. The present study systematically examines cognitive emotion regulation strategies, global emotion dysregulation, and cognitive insight in relation to DSM-5 PTSD symptoms among trauma-exposed patients with early nonaffective psychosis. A total of 150 outpatients with early nonaffective psychosis were screened for trauma exposure on the Stressful Life Events Questionnaire. Participants (N = 79; 52.6%) who met the DSM-5 Criterion A subsequently completed the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Difficulties With Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and Beck Cognitive Insight Scale. Severity of psychotic and depressive symptoms were rated on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Multivariate regression models adjusting for age, gender, psychotic and depressive symptoms revealed that PTSD symptom clusters were associated with more maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (catastrophic thinking, rumination, and other blame) and less adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and planning; Cohen's f² = 1.50-3.17). Further moderation analyses revealed a negative interaction between global emotion dysregulation and self-reflection on intrusive symptoms such that for patients with low self-reflectivity, global emotion dysregulation was associated with increased severity of intrusive symptoms (f² = 0.96). Our findings suggest that addressing emotion dysregulation and cognitive insight may improve intrusive symptoms, and this may prevent the development of full PTSD in patients with early nonaffective psychosis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Psychosocial health and psychological adjustment in adolescents and young adults with congenital melanocytic nevi: Analysis of self-reports.

This study assessed self-reported health-related quality of life and psychological adjustment in 43 adolescents and young adults (ages in years: 14–24, M = 17.6, SD = 2.2) with congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) and examined associations with sociodemographic variables, characteristics of the CMN, perceived social reactions, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Outcome measures included the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Findings suggest impaired psychosocial health and psychological adjustment in youth with CMN compared to community norms. Impairments were associated with higher age of participants, lower socioeconomic status, visibility of the skin lesion, perceived stigmatization, poorer perceived social support, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (self-blame, rumination, and catastrophizing), but not with sex of participants, extent of the skin lesion, and surgical removal of the nevus. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed.

Relationship between Attachment to Pet and Post-Traumatic Growth after Pet Loss: Mediated Moderating Effect of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategy through Separation Pain.

The declining fertility rate and an aging population have accelerated the number of single-person households and nuclear families, and the number of households raising pets has naturally increased. However, pet owners experience great sorrow and trauma due to the death of their pets. The stronger the attachment to pets, the more severe the separation pain caused by pet loss. The purpose of this study was to analyze the moderating effect of a cognitive emotion regulation strategy mediated through separation pain on the relationship between attachment and post-traumatic growth after pet loss among owners. The study participants were 303 owners who have experienced pet loss. We analyzed the mediated moderating effects by PROCESS macro. The results showed that the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy strengthened the effect of attachment to pets on post-traumatic growth and decreased the effect on separation pain. Conversely, the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy weakened the effect of attachment to pets on post-traumatic growth and strengthened the effect on separation pain. The act of intentionally expanding the perspective on pet loss experience, switching into a more positive focus, and accepting reality will reduce the grief of its companions and become an opportunity for growth.

Cognitive emotion regulation strategies in relation to treatment outcome in a clinical sample of adolescents with personality disorders.

The aim of this study was to examine cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) of help-seeking adolescents diagnosed with personality disorders. At pre-treatment, patients (N = 116) were found to use some maladaptive but also some adaptive CERS more often than adolescents from the general population. Less than 4% of these pre-treatment CERS predicted treatment outcome. In patients whose treatment outcome according to the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) showed significant improvement (N = 75), a reduction of maladaptive CERS and an increase of adaptive CERS occurred. Patients that were unchanged or deteriorated (N = 41) showed no significant changes in CERS. In conclusion, pre-treatment CERS are not predictive for treatment outcome in this sample of adolescents diagnosed with personality disorders. Even though patients who use more adaptive and less maladaptive CERS have fewer symptoms, the relationship between these CERS and symptoms in this group of severe patients remains unclear.

Analysis of Symptom Characteristics, Influencing Factors, and Their Predictive Value for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.

Nurses often face a variety of nursing-related stresses, making them more prone to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We aimed to explore symptom characteristics, influencing factors, and their predictive value for PTSD in nurses, so as to prevent the occurrence of PTSD in nurses. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in two tertiary hospitals in Yangzhou. A total of 1290 valid questionnaires were received in our study, and 190 nurses (14.7%) were positive for PTSD symptoms. The results show that individuals with higher scores on the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7), and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies questionnaire (maladaptive CERS) were more likely to experience PTSD symptoms, whereas those with lower scores on the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) were more likely to experience PTSD symptoms. Compared with the PSS-10, PHQ-15, and PSSS, GAD-7 and maladaptive CERS had higher predictive value. This study provided the optimal threshold of relevant factors that may have a positive effect on the prevention of PTSD symptoms. This has guiding implications for active prevention and intervention in some institutions.

Childhood Maltreatment, Stressful Life Events, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies, and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents and Young Adults With First-Episode Depressive Disorder: Direct and Indirect Pathways.

IntroductionChildhood maltreatment (CM), stressful life events (SLE), and cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) have been considered crucial in the development of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and major depressive disorder (MDD), but the pathways of this association are not clear. We aim to identify direct effects of CM and SLE on NSSI and depression severity and its indirect effects via CERS in adolescents and young adults with a diagnosis of MDD.MethodsA total of 114 patients (aged 14–24 years) with first episode MDD were included and further divided into the NSSI group (n = 56) and non-NSSI group (n = 58) according to the DSM-5 criteria. Diagnostic interviews and self-report measures were conducted to assess CM, SLE, CERS, and diagnose NSSI. Severity of depressive symptoms was measured using the Hamilton Rating Scale (HAMD). The structural equation model was used to assess the pathways.ResultsMDD patients with NSSI had more frequent family history of mental illness, more experience of CM and SLE, more serious depression, less use of adaptive CERS, and more use of maladaptive CERS. In the final structural equation model (χ2 = 4.82, df = 6, p = 0.57, CFI = 1.0, TLI = 1.10, and RMSEA = 0), the experience of CM and SLE showed a significant indirect effect on NSSI through adaptive CERS. CM and SLE only had direct effects on depression severity.ConclusionsNSSI are prevalent in adolescents and young adults with MDD and highly intertwined with CM, SLE, and CERS. Adaptive CERS, not maladaptive CERS may be a possible mechanism relating CM and SLE to NSSI in MDD patients.

Investigating Anxiety and Fear of COVID-19 as Predictors of Internet Addiction With the Mediating Role of Self-Compassion and Cognitive Emotion Regulation.

BackgroundIn addition to many deaths due to the Coronavirus pandemic, many psychological issues and problems are affecting people's health. Including the constant anxiety and fear of infecting themselves and their families, COVID-19 has led to excessive spending of time in cyberspace and the Internet.MethodsIn this study, the role of fear and anxiety of COVID-19 in predicting Internet addiction among 1,008 students was investigated. The mediating role of the two components of self-compassion and cognitive emotion regulation has also been measured. Data collection was done online due to the outbreak of the disease and a modeling method was used to analyze the data.ResultsThe results shows that anxiety and fear of COVID-19 has a positive and significant relationship with both Internet addiction (r = 0.32) and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (r = 0.17), and it has a negative relationship with self-compassion (r = −0.25).ConclusionsThe findings suggest that self-compassion can play a protective role against internet addiction at the time of COVID-19 pandemic while maladaptive strategies for emotion regulation can be risk factors for anxiety and fear of the virus.

Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship Between Anxiety and Body Image in Women With Breast Cancer Volunteered for Mastectomy

Background: The loss of breast is a major concern for women with breast cancer volunteer for mastectomy, because they feel that their feminine identity is at risk of damage. The present study aims to investigate the mediating role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation (CER) in the relationship between anxiety and body image in women with breast cancer volunteered for mastectomy. Methods: The is a correlational study. The study population consists of all women with breast cancer volunteered for mastectomy referred to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hossein hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Of these, 350 volunteers were selected by a convenience sampling method. The instruments were Beck Anxiety Inventorry, Body Image and Relationship Scale of Hormes et al., and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire of Garnefski et al. Structural equation modeling were used to analyze the research hypotheses. Results: Anxiety had a positive effect on maladaptive CER strategies (β=0.654) and a negative effect on body image (β=-0.574) (P&lt;0.001). The direct effect of maladaptive CER strategies on body image was positive and significant (β=0.271, P&lt;0.05). The direct effects of anxiety on adaptive CER strategies (β=-0.836) and body image (β=-0.849) were negative and significant (P&lt;0.001). The direct effect of adaptive CER strategies on body image was negative and significant (β=-0.266, P&lt;0.001). Conclusion: Women undergoing mastectomy will experience more anxiety and negative body image if they use maladaptive CER strategies, while those who use adaptive CER strategies will experience less anxiety and negative body image.

Childhood trauma and current depression among Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and neuroticism

BackgroundChildhood trauma (CT) is considered as a highly risk factor for depression. Although the pathway of CT to depression, especially the mediating or moderating effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) or neuroticism, have investigated by several studies, the results were inconsistent and there is a paucity of full models among these interactive factors. This study aims to examine the relationships among CT, adaptive / maladaptive CERS, neuroticism, and current depression symptoms in university students.MethodsWe recruited 3009 freshman of 2019, aged averagely 18.00 (SD = 0.772) years, from universities in Hunan province in 2019. A moderated mediation model was built to examine the relationships among CT, CERS, neuroticism, and current depression using the SPSS PROCESS 3.5 macro. We conducted bootstrapping of regression estimates with 5000 samples and 95% confidence interval.ResultsResults revealed that the significant mediating effects of adaptive CERS (β = 0.012; 95% CI: 0.006 to 0.018) and maladaptive CERS (β = 0.028; 95% CI: 0.016 to 0.040) between CT and depression were observed, accounting for 5.69% and 13.52% of the total effect respectively. Then, moderated mediation analyses results showed that neuroticism simultaneously moderated the direct effect of CT on current depression (β = 0.035; 95% CI: 0.001 to 0.009), and the indirect effects of CT on current depression through adaptive CERS (adaptive CERS – current depression: β = − 0.034; 95% CI: − 0.007 to − 0.001) and maladaptive CERS (maladaptive CERS – current depression: β = 0.157; 95% CI: 0.017 to 0.025). However, the moderating effects of neuroticism in the indirect paths from CT to adaptive CERS (β = 0.037; 95% CI: 0.000 to 0.014) and maladaptive CERS (β = − 0.001; 95% CI: − 0.006 to 0.005) were not significant.ConclusionsThis study provides powerful evidences through a large university students sample for the mediating role of adaptive / maladaptive CERS and the moderating role of neuroticism between CT and current depression. This manifests that cognitive emotion regulation may be a vital factor for people who suffered from CT and current depression. Furthermore, the influence of neuroticism in this process cannot be ignored.

The mediating role of emotion regulation in transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders in primary care: Secondary analyses of the PsicAP randomized controlled trial

BackgroundEmotional disorders are highly prevalent in primary care. Transdiagnostic cognitive behavior therapy (TD-CBT) is a promising treatment of emotional disorders. In this study, we evaluated several emotion regulation strategies as potential mediators of treatment outcomes in a clinical sample of primary care. MethodsA total of 1061 primary care patients were included in a randomized clinical trial comparing treatment-as-usual (TAU) to TD-CBT+TAU. Of these, 631 (TAU=316; TD-CBT+TAU=315) completed the full treatment and all pre- and post-treatment scales to assess symptoms (anxiety, depression, somatization), emotion regulation strategies (worry, rumination, negative metacognition, suppression, cognitive reappraisal), overall functioning, and quality of life (QoL). ResultsTreatment and direct effects showed that TD-CBT+TAU was superior to TAU alone. On the multivariate mediation analysis of indirect effects, three maladaptive strategies (worry, rumination and negative metacognition) had significant effects on all emotional symptoms. Suppression was also significant for depression. Rumination and negative metacognition were significant mediators of functioning, while only negative metacognition was significant for QoL. Reappraisal had no effect on any outcome. LimitationsWe focused mainly on maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and only studied one behavioural strategy (suppression) and one adaptive strategy (reappraisal). ConclusionsTargeting certain maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (worry, rumination, suppression, negative metacognition) as mediators for treatment with TD-CBT could reduce emotional symptoms and improve well-being. Negative metacognition was the most transdiagnostic strategy, whereas an adaptive strategy such as reappraisal was not a mediator. Thus, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies are key mediators in transdiagnostic therapy for emotional disorders in primary care.

Direct and indirect relationships between cognitive flexibility and COVID-19 related psychological distress: The mediating role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (eng)

Direct and indirect relationships between cognitive flexibility and COVID-19 related psychological distress: The mediating role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (eng)

청소년의 복합외상이 비자살적 자해에 미치는 영향: 부적응적 인지 정서조절 전략과 생리적 스트레스의 이중매개효과

본 연구의 목적은 복합외상이 비자살적 자해에 미치는 영향에서 부적응적 인지 정서조절 전략과 생리적 스트레스의 이중매개효과를 검증하는 것이다. 이를 위해 전국의 중·고등학생을 대상으로 온·오프라인 설문조사를 실시하였고, 비자살적 자해를 한 번 이상 시도한 경험이 있다고 보고한 119명의 자료를 SPSS 23.0과 Hayes(2013)의 Process Macro로 상관분석, 경로분석, 부트스트래핑(Bootstrapping)을 통한 매개효과 검증을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 청소년의 복합외상, 부적응적 인지 정서조절전략, 생리적 스트레스, 비자살적 자해는 모두 통계적으로 유의한 정적 상관관계를 보였고, 복합외상이 비자살적 자해에 미치는 영향에서 부적응적 인지 정서조절 전략과 생리적 스트레스는 순차적으로 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 청소년의 비자살적 자해에 영향을 미치는 생리·심리·사회적 위험요인을 복합적으로 살펴보는 것의 필요성과 생리적 스트레스를 완화하고 정서조절 능력을 높이는 치료적 개입방안을 제안하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

Cybervictimisation and depressive symptoms among adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Recently, there has been an increase in the problem of cyberbullying all over the world, which implies important negative consequences for adolescent victims’ mental health, such as depression. There are few research studies that analyse the role of gratitude and cognitive coping strategies for the consequences of cybervictimisation. To date, there are few studies examining the influence of both these resources in a cyberbullying context. Therefore, the objectives of this research were to analyse the mediating role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) in the relationship between cybervictimisation and depressive symptoms, and to explore the potential moderating role of gratitude among the study variables. A sample of 1156 students between 12 and 18 years (54.33% females) filled out self-report questionnaires measuring cybervictimisation (ECIPQ), cognitive coping strategies (CERQ-SA), depressive symptoms (DASS-21) and gratitude (GQ-5). The outcomes showed that maladaptive CERS partially mediated the relation between cybervictimisation and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, gratitude buffered the relation between maladaptive CERS and depressive symptoms. These findings provide evidence for the buffering role of gratitude in a more frequent use of maladaptive CERS and depressive symptoms in cybervictimisation. The limitations and implications of the study are discussed.