scholarly journals Is It Possible to Be Happy during the COVID-19 Lockdown? A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Emotional Regulation Strategies and Pleasant Activities in Happiness

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3211
Author(s):  
María José Gutiérrez-Cobo ◽  
Alberto Megías-Robles ◽  
Raquel Gómez-Leal ◽  
Rosario Cabello ◽  
Pablo Fernández-Berrocal
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Regulation Strategies

This study aimed to longitudinally analyze the role played by two emotional regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), through the mediating effect of engagement in pleasant activities during lockdown, in changes in affective and cognitive happiness in comparison with pre-pandemic levels. Eighty-eight participants from a community sample were evaluated at two timepoints. At timepoint 1 (before the COVID-19 pandemic), participants were evaluated on emotional regulation and cognitive and affective happiness. At timepoint 2 (during the COVID-19 lockdown), participants were evaluated on cognitive and affective happiness and the frequency with which they engaged in pleasant activities. We found an optimal fit of the proposed model in which cognitive reappraisal was significantly related to engagement in more pleasant activities during the lockdown. In turn, these pleasant activities were related to more affective happiness during the lockdown (compared with pre-pandemic levels), and this affective happiness was associated with greater cognitive happiness. In conclusion, cognitive reappraisal was a protective factor for affective and cognitive happiness through the mediating role of engagement in pleasant activities during lockdown. Limitations and future lines of investigation are discussed.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the validity of the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire in a Mexican sample and their correlation with empathy and alexithymia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor E. Olalde-Mathieu ◽  
Giovanna Licea Haquet ◽  
Azalea Reyes-Aguilar ◽  
Fernando Alejandro Barrios
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Cognitive Empathy ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Mexican Community ◽  
Regulation Strategies

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is widely used to measure the individual differences in two emotion regulation strategies: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. In this study, we examine the psychometric properties of the ERQ (Spanish version) in a Mexican community sample (N = 792). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the traditional two-factor model (comprising cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression factors) was replicable and an excellent fit to the data. ERQ cognitive reappraisal (α = 0.81) and expressive suppression (α = 0.76) scores had acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability. As expected, women tend to use less expressive suppression than men. We also assessed the correlations of both strategies with alexithymia and empathy. Cognitive reappraisal scores were negatively correlated with alexithymia and positively correlated with higher empathy measures, whereas expressive suppression scores were positively correlated with personal distress and alexithymia, and negatively correlated with cognitive empathy scales and empathic concern. We conclude that, similar to previous findings, the ERQ has strong psychometric properties in a Mexican community sample and can be used in a confident manner with other tests to complement the assessment of affective traits. In addition, considering previous suggestions of the association between emotional regulation strategies and different components of the empathic response, the correlations between empathy measures and the emotional regulation strategies shown in this study opens a pathway to further research such interactions.

scholarly journals The relation between driving cognitions and driving phobia: The moderating role of emotional regulation strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Moderating Role

This study evaluated the relation between driving cognitions (i.e. panic, accidents, and social related cognitions) and driving phobia (driving fear and driving avoidance). We also investigated the moderating role of emotional regulation strategies (i.e. expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal) in the relation between driving cognitions and driving phobia. A sample of 1401 drivers took part in this study (51.8 % men, Mage = 34.76, SD = 11.76). The participants completed scales measuring driving cognitions, emotional regulation strategies, and driving phobia, as well as demographic information. The results showed that driving cognitions are positively associated with driving fear and driving avoidance. Further, our results revealed positive relations between expressive suppression and driving fear, as well as between cognitive reappraisal and driving avoidance. Moreover, driving related cognitions interacted with emotional regulation strategies in predicting driving fear. The implications of these results for interventions and future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Self-compassion and sleep quality: Examining the mediating role of taking a proactive health focus and cognitive emotional regulation strategies

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110471
Author(s):  
Brittany N Semenchuk ◽  
Samantha Onchulenko ◽  
Shaelyn M Strachan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Sleep quality (SQ) impacts health yet many university students get poor sleep. Self-compassion (SC)—care for oneself during challenging times—is associated with SQ yet how SC has these effects is unclear. This study cross-sectionally examined whether SC is negatively related to poor SQ and whether proactive health focus and cognitive emotional regulation strategies (CERS) mediate this relationship. University students ( N = 193) self-reported SC, proactive health focus, CERS, and SQ. SC negatively associated with poor SQ ( r = −0.34) and self-blame mediated this ( b = 0.08, 95% CI [0.01, 0.16]). SC may improve SQ through reducing self-blame.

scholarly journals Emotional Regulation and Depression: A Potential Mediator between Heart and Mind

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Compare ◽  
Cristina Zarbo ◽  
Edo Shonin ◽  
William Van Gordon ◽  
Chiara Marconi
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotion Suppression ◽  
Emotion Focused Therapy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Heart And Mind ◽  
The Relationship

A narrative review of the major evidence concerning the relationship between emotional regulation and depression was conducted. The literature demonstrates a mediating role of emotional regulation in the development of depression and physical illness. Literature suggests in fact that the employment of adaptive emotional regulation strategies (e.g., reappraisal) causes a reduction of stress-elicited emotions leading to physical disorders. Conversely, dysfunctional emotional regulation strategies and, in particular, rumination and emotion suppression appear to be influential in the pathogenesis of depression and physiological disease. More specifically, the evidence suggests that depression and rumination affect both cognitive (e.g., impaired ability to process negative information) and neurobiological mechanisms (e.g., hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis overactivation and higher rates of cortisol production). Understanding the factors that govern the variety of health outcomes that different people experience following exposure to stress has important implications for the development of effective emotion-regulation interventional approaches (e.g., mindfulness-based therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and emotion regulation therapy).

Effects of Cultural Diversity and Emotional Regulation Strategies on Team Member Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki Ming Hui ◽  
Timothy C. Bednall ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
Karin Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Research on the effects of cultural diversity on individual team member performance has typically assumed a linear relationship, but has yielded mixed findings. In the study, we address these inconsistencies by hypothesizing an optimal (mid-range) level of diversity that maximizes performance. Given the potential for negative emotions to arise within a diverse team, we also hypothesize that team members who employ emotional self-regulation strategies will demonstrate stronger performance. We adopt an individual-level perspective, assessing diversity as the cultural dissimilarity between each individual and their teammates. Using a sample of 103 postgraduate students (23 teams with 3–6 participants in each), we found evidence of a curvilinear relationship between cultural dissimilarity and individual team member performance. Contrary to our expectations, we found that individual performance is greatest at very low and very high levels of dissimilarity. In terms of emotional regulation strategies, we found that cognitive reappraisal was associated with higher performance, but there was no evidence for the effects of expressive suppression. Together, the present findings challenge the assumption that the diversity-performance relationship is linear. Our findings also indicate individual performance in culturally diverse teams is influenced by individuals’ use of cognitive reappraisal to regulate negative emotions.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Personality Characteristics and Psychological Well-Being in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The Role of Mediator of Emotion Regulation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Khalatbari ◽  
Vahid Hemmati Sabet ◽  
Farinaz Tabibzadeh ◽  
Akbar Hemmati Sabet
Keyword(s):  
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Irritable Bowel ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being in people with irritable bowel syndrome with mediating role of emotional regulation. Methods: Research method according to the applied purpose, and the data collection method was a descriptive correlation and a quantitative data type. The statistical population of this study was all the patients with irritable bowel syndrome referring to Danesh Gastrointestinal Clinic in Tehran in 1396. The sample size was 390 participants selected by calculate sample size in structural equations and using a sample purposive sampling method. In order to measure the variables, personality traits Neo Costa & McGary (1992), Psychological well-being Ryff (1989), and of emotional regulation Gross and John (2003) questionnaires were used. Evaluation of the proposed model was done using structural equation modeling and SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL; Version 18 as well as Amos. The reliability, convergent validity and divergent validity of the questionnaire, were investigated.  Moreover, path coefficients and software significance coefficients were used to examine the research hypotheses. Results: The results showed that the degree of appropriateness of the proposed model was appropriate to the components of the research; personality traits and psychological well-being were found to be correlated with the role of mediator of emotional regulation in the patients with irritable bowel syndrome (p <0.0001). Conclusion: This research confirms the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being with the mediating role of emotional regulation in people with irritable bowel syndrome. Because of Numerous scientific evidence in the ontology of this syndrome, further study on emotional skills and related problems in people with irritable bowel syndrome are required.

scholarly journals Bedtime Procrastination as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Active Emotion Regulation Strategies and Insomnia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-181
Author(s):  
Goeun Kim ◽  
Huisu Jeon ◽  
Sooyeon Suh
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Bedtime Procrastination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insomnia Severity

Objectives: Bedtime procrastination (BP) is defined as the behavior of voluntarily postponing bedtime without having external reasons for doing so. According to previous studies, people with reduced use of active emotion regulation strategies may use BP to cope with negative emotions. However, research about the relationship among active emotional regulation strategies, BP, and insomnia is lacking. This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of BP between active emotional regulation strategies and insomnia severity.Methods: In total, 597 adults (female, 81.9%; mean age, 23.18±2.80 years) completed the Emotional Regulation Strategies Checklist, Insomnia Severity Index, and Bedtime Procrastination Scale.Results: There was a significant association between active emotional regulation strategies and BP (r=-0.152, p<0.01), between BP and insomnia severity (r=0.259, p<0.01), and between active emotional regulation strategies and insomnia severity (r=-0.128, p<0.01). BP significantly mediated the relationship between active emotional regulation strategies and insomnia severity (B=-0.024; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.04 to -0.01).Conclusions: BP may be considered in the relationship between active emotional regulation strategies and insomnia severity. Understanding the mediating role of BP may help prevent insomnia.

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