TY - JOUR
T1 - A preliminary investigation of sex differences in associations between emotion regulation difficulties and higher-order cognitive abilities
AU - Bardeen, Joseph R.
AU - Stevens, Erin N.
AU - Murdock, Kyle W.
AU - Christine Lovejoy, M.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The present study sought to clarify the cognitive correlates of emotion regulation difficulties (ERD). Further, because prior evidence suggests sex differences in emotion regulation, sex was examined as a moderator of associations between cognitive abilities and ERD. Participants (. N=. 154) completed self-report measures of ERD, and were administered neuropsychological tests assessing crystallized and fluid intelligence, as well as various components of executive functioning. Bivariate correlations and results from regression analyses suggested sex-dependent associations among cognitive processes and ERD. For men, inhibition of dominant response tendencies was associated with lower ERD, whereas for women, a host of executive abilities (e.g., greater inhibition, cognitive flexibility, semantic processing, abstract reasoning) were associated with greater ERD. Implications for the neurocognitive conceptualization of emotion dysregulation will be discussed.
AB - The present study sought to clarify the cognitive correlates of emotion regulation difficulties (ERD). Further, because prior evidence suggests sex differences in emotion regulation, sex was examined as a moderator of associations between cognitive abilities and ERD. Participants (. N=. 154) completed self-report measures of ERD, and were administered neuropsychological tests assessing crystallized and fluid intelligence, as well as various components of executive functioning. Bivariate correlations and results from regression analyses suggested sex-dependent associations among cognitive processes and ERD. For men, inhibition of dominant response tendencies was associated with lower ERD, whereas for women, a host of executive abilities (e.g., greater inhibition, cognitive flexibility, semantic processing, abstract reasoning) were associated with greater ERD. Implications for the neurocognitive conceptualization of emotion dysregulation will be discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875577044
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 55
SP - 70
EP - 75
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 1
ER -