Negative affect mediates the relationship between use of emotion regulation strategies and general health in college-aged students

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dc.citation.articleNumber109529en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePersonality and Individual Differencesen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber151en_US
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Richard B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDenny, Bryan T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T17:53:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-10-25T17:53:33Zen_US
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractPatterns of dysregulated emotions can take a toll on both mental and physical health. Such patterns also put people at risk for affective disorders, including anxiety and depression. Early adulthood is a critical period during which affective disorders first develop, so there is a need to identify individual difference factors that predispose some young adults to develop anxiety and depression. Here, we recruited a sample of college-aged volunteers (N = 393) and assessed their use of multiple emotion regulation strategies, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and general health. We hypothesized that cognitive reappraisal would be associated with better health, via fewer reported depressive and anxiety symptoms, whereas expressive suppression would be associated with poorer health, via more depressive and anxiety symptoms. To test these hypotheses, we fit a mediation model with cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression as predictors, anxiety and depressive symptoms as mediating variables, and a global health measure as the outcome. There were robust direct and indirect associations in support of our hypotheses. These results suggest that targeting emotion regulation abilities in early adulthood may be an effective strategy to reduce the risk of developing affective disorders and improve overall health.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLopez, Richard B. and Denny, Bryan T.. "Negative affect mediates the relationship between use of emotion regulation strategies and general health in college-aged students." <i>Personality and Individual Differences,</i> 151, (2019) Elsevier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109529.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109529en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/107518en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier.en_US
dc.subject.keywordEmotion regulationen_US
dc.subject.keywordNegative affecten_US
dc.subject.keywordHealthen_US
dc.subject.keywordIndividual differencesen_US
dc.subject.keywordCollege-ageden_US
dc.titleNegative affect mediates the relationship between use of emotion regulation strategies and general health in college-aged studentsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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