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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTION REGULATION FLEXIBILITY
Title
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTION REGULATION FLEXIBILITY
Creator
Murphy, Jonathan W.
Date
2015, 2015-07
Description
Flexibly switching among emotion regulation strategies has been associated with healthy functioning. In studies with non-clinical samples,...
Show moreFlexibly switching among emotion regulation strategies has been associated with healthy functioning. In studies with non-clinical samples, people have been shown to flexibly choose between regulatory strategies when presented with negative stimuli of varying intensity levels. The present study used the emotion regulation choice task to investigate whether participant characteristics (depressive symptoms and difficulties in emotion regulation) were associated with differences in choice patterns and flexibility between two emotion regulation strategies. In order to compare groups, this study measured participants' sensitivity to negative stimuli by adding an image rating task before the choice procedure. Additionally, given the hierarchical structure of the data, this study utilized multi-level modeling analyses, which were more appropriate than analyses used in previous emotion regulation choice studies. The results show that participants with low and high levels of depressive symptoms have similar emotion regulation choice patterns and showed similar flexibility between strategies. On the other hand, particular difficulties in emotion regulation were associated with blunted emotion regulation flexibility. These findings suggest that particular difficulties in emotion regulation might better predict blunted emotion regulation flexibility between strategies than depressive symptoms. Finally, suggestions for future research in emotion regulation flexibility are provided.
M.S. in Psychology, July 2015
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DOES EMOTION REGULATION MEDIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE FLEXIBLITY AND ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING?
Title
DOES EMOTION REGULATION MEDIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE FLEXIBLITY AND ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING?
Creator
Singh, Shifali
Date
2016, 2016-12
Description
Emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and adaptive functioning have been found to be interrelated. This study examined whether emotion...
Show moreEmotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and adaptive functioning have been found to be interrelated. This study examined whether emotion regulation mediates the relationship between cognitive flexibility and adaptive functioning using the Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale, Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test, and Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised, respectively. Forty-three participants were recruited from New Directions for Young Adults, a transitional independent living facility in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Thirty-one participants (72.1%) were male and age ranged from 18 and 43 years (mean (SD) = 22.6 (5.0)). The mean (SD) time spent at the facility at the time of assessment was 18.3 (26.8) months. Emotion regulation did not significantly mediate the relationship between cognitive flexibility and adaptive functioning, including when controlling for age, gender, and time at facility. Controlling for gender and time at facility resulted in a significant total effect of cognitive flexibility on adaptive functioning. The Awareness aspect of emotion regulation, was significantly correlated with both cognitive flexibility and adaptive functioning; however, it did not significantly mediate their relationship. Several explanations for these findings are evaluated in the context of the relationships among these constructs, and of the population studied.
M.S. in Psychology, December 2016
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