Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 70-75 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Personality and Individual Differences |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Psychology
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