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It's all about beliefs: Believing emotions are uncontrollable is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression through cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.

Deplancke, C., Somerville, M. P., Harrison, A. and Vuillier, L., 2023. It's all about beliefs: Believing emotions are uncontrollable is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression through cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Current Psychology, 42, 22004-22012.

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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03252-2

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the link between personal beliefs about emotion controllability and symptoms of anxiety and depression, with a particular focus on the mediating role of emotion regulation. To date, there has been little research examining the mediating role of cognitive reappraisal or expressive suppression in the link between beliefs about emotion controllability and symptoms of anxiety. Online questionnaires measuring emotion regulation, beliefs about emotion controllability, and depression and anxiety, were completed by 1227 participants (n = 336 males; M age = 25.3, SD = 10.1; range = 16 to 83 years). The results indicated that perceived control over one’s own emotions predicted better psychological health (fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression). This link between beliefs about emotion controllability and psychological heath was partially mediated by cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, with cognitive reappraisal predicting a reduction in clinical symptoms and expressive suppression predicting an increase in clinical symptoms. These findings suggest that individuals’ beliefs about emotion controllability, leads to the use of certain emotion regulation strategies which in turn, have important consequences for psychological health.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1046-1310
Uncontrolled Keywords:Anxiety; Cognitive reappraisal; Depression; Emotion regulation self-efficacy; Expressive suppression; Emotion controllability; Implicit emotion beliefs
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:37111
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:27 Jun 2022 14:55
Last Modified:20 May 2024 13:28

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