High working memory capacity facilitates distraction as an emotion regulation strategy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryota Kobayashi ◽  
Makoto Miyatani ◽  
Takashi Nakao
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategy

Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation among Nursing Students: Investigating the Mediation Effect of Working Memory Capacity

Mindfulness ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1061-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy J. Dubert ◽  
Autumn M. Schumacher ◽  
Lawrence Locker ◽  
Antonio P. Gutierrez ◽  
Vernon A. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Mediation Effect

Spontaneous Self-Distancing Mediates the Association Between Working Memory Capacity and Emotion Regulation Success

2020 ◽  
pp. 216770262095363
Author(s):  
T. H. Stanley Seah ◽  
Lindsey M. Matt ◽  
Karin G. Coifman
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Treatment Target

Self-distancing is associated with adaptive emotion regulation (ER), thereby making it a common treatment target across psychotherapies. However, less is known about cognitive processes that facilitate self-distancing. Working memory capacity (WMC) has been associated with self-distancing and ER, although research has not directly examined WMC and spontaneous self-distancing activity. Here, we tested the association between WMC and self-distancing (indexed by pronoun use) in relation to ER during a negative-mood induction in college students ( N = 209). Results suggested a mediation model: Higher WMC predicted lower I and greater we pronouns (i.e., greater self-distancing), which in turn predicted lower negative affect. Furthermore, higher WMC predicted greater we pronouns, which predicted higher positive affect. No significant mediation was observed for you. These findings enrich current theoretical models describing WMC and self-distancing in ER and suggest important future research to further elucidate the cognitive processes underlying self-distancing with implications for clinical practice.

Low working memory capacity in euthymic bipolar I disorder: No relation to reappraisal on emotion regulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 174-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Hun Oh ◽  
San Lee ◽  
Sung Hwa Kim ◽  
Vin Ryu ◽  
Hyun-Sang Cho
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Bipolar I Disorder

scholarly journals The Effects of Emotional Working Memory Training on Trait Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielle C. Veloso ◽  
Welison Evenston G. Ty
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Anxiety Reduction ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Experimental Group

BackgroundTrait anxiety is a pervasive tendency to attend to and experience fears and worries to a disproportionate degree, across various situations. Decreased vulnerability to trait anxiety has been linked to having higher working memory capacity and better emotion regulation; however, the relationship between these factors has not been well-established.ObjectiveThis study sought to determine if participants who undergo emotional working memory training will have significantly lower trait anxiety post-training. The study also sought to determine if emotion regulation mediated the relationship between working memory training and trait anxiety.MethodAn experimental group comprising of 49 participants underwent 20 days of computerized emotional working memory training, which involved viewing a continuous stream of emotionally-charged content on a grid, and then remembering the location and color of items presented on the grid. The control group comprised of 51 participants.ResultsParticipants of the experimental group had significantly lower trait anxiety compared to controls, post-training. Subsequent mediation analysis determined that working memory training capacity gains were significantly related to anxiety reduction as measured by form Y2 of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y2). Emotion regulation, as measured by the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), was found not to mediate between working memory capacity gains and trait anxiety reduction.ConclusionWorking memory capacity gains and reductions in levels of trait anxiety were observed following emotional working memory training. The study may therefore be useful in informing interventions targeted at improving working memory capacity, and reducing levels of trait anxiety. Moreover, it proposes for future research to further look into the mediating role of emotion regulation via the development or utilization of more comprehensive measures of emotion regulation.

Working memory capacity and spontaneous emotion regulation in generalised anxiety disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Lira Yoon ◽  
Joelle LeMoult ◽  
Atayeh Hamedani ◽  
Randi McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Differential Effects of Executive Processes on Working Memory

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-249
Author(s):  
Xuezhu Ren ◽  
Tengfei Wang ◽  
Karl Schweizer ◽  
Jing Guo
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Executive Processes ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Prepotent Response ◽  
Two Measures

Abstract. Although attention control accounts for a unique portion of the variance in working memory capacity (WMC), the way in which attention control contributes to WMC has not been thoroughly specified. The current work focused on fractionating attention control into distinctly different executive processes and examined to what extent key processes of attention control including updating, shifting, and prepotent response inhibition were related to WMC and whether these relations were different. A number of 216 university students completed experimental tasks of attention control and two measures of WMC. Latent variable analyses were employed for separating and modeling each process and their effects on WMC. The results showed that both the accuracy of updating and shifting were substantially related to WMC while the link from the accuracy of inhibition to WMC was insignificant; on the other hand, only the speed of shifting had a moderate effect on WMC while neither the speed of updating nor the speed of inhibition showed significant effect on WMC. The results suggest that these key processes of attention control exhibit differential effects on individual differences in WMC. The approach that combined experimental manipulations and statistical modeling constitutes a promising way of investigating cognitive processes.

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