BACKGROUND The prevalence of negative emotional states,such as anxiety and depression,has increased annually.Although personal habits are known to influence emotional regulation,the precise mechanisms underlying this ...BACKGROUND The prevalence of negative emotional states,such as anxiety and depression,has increased annually.Although personal habits are known to influence emotional regulation,the precise mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear.AIM To investigate emotion regulation habits impact on students negative emotions during lockdown,using the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic as a case example.METHODS During the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown,an online cross-sectional survey was conducted at a Chinese university.Emotional states were assessed using the Depression,Anxiety,and Stress Scale-21(DASS-21),while demographic data and emotion regulation habits were collected concurrently.Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27.0 and includedχ^(2)-tests for intergroup comparisons,Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient analysis to examine associations,and stepwise linear regression modeling to explore the relationships between emotion regulation habits and emotional states.Statistical significance was set atα=0.05.RESULTS Among the 494 valid questionnaires analyzed,the prevalence rates of negative emotional states were as follows:Depression(65.0%),anxiety(69.4%),and stress(50.8%).DASS-21 scores(mean±SD)demonstrated significant symptomatology:Total(48.77±34.88),depression(16.21±12.18),anxiety(14.90±11.91),and stress(17.64±12.07).Significant positive intercorrelations were observed among all DASS-21 subscales(P<0.01).Regression analysis identified key predictors of negative emotions(P<0.05):Risk factors included late-night frequency and academic pressure,while protective factors were the frequency of parental contact and the number of same-gender friends.Additionally,compensatory spending and binge eating positively predicted all negative emotion scores(β>0,P<0.01),whereas appropriate recreational activities negatively predicted these scores(β<0,P<0.01).CONCLUSION High negative emotion prevalence occurred among confined students.Recreational activities were protective,while compensatory spending and binge eating were risk factors,necessitating guided emotion regulation.展开更多
Background:The Canadian 24-h movement guidelines(24-HMG)emphasize the holistic consideration of physical activity(PA),sedentary behavior,and sleep in shaping health outcomes.This study aimed to examine the association...Background:The Canadian 24-h movement guidelines(24-HMG)emphasize the holistic consideration of physical activity(PA),sedentary behavior,and sleep in shaping health outcomes.This study aimed to examine the associations between meeting 24-HMG and emotion regulation-related indicators among children and adolescents.Methods:A total of 534 Chinese children and adolescents aged 12.94±1.10 years(49.81%males)participated in this study and completed self-report measures assessing 24-h movement behaviors,emotion regulation strategies,emotion regulation flexibility,and regulatory emotional self-efficacy.Results:Only 7.12% of theparticipants adhered to two or all three guidelines.The number of guidelines met was positively associated with the use of emotion regulation strategies,emotion regulation flexibility,and regulatory emotional self-efficacy.Compared with meeting none of the guidelines,participants whomet one ormore guidelines reported significantly better performance in these outcomes.Conclusion:Meeting 24-HMG was associated with superior emotion regulation in children and adolescents.The importance of engaging in regular PA,limiting recreational screen time,and getting enough sleep should be highlighted for fostering emotion regulation in this demographic.展开更多
BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder(ASD)is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social communication,restricted interests,and repetitive stereotyped behaviors.In recent years,the prevalence o...BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder(ASD)is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social communication,restricted interests,and repetitive stereotyped behaviors.In recent years,the prevalence of ASD has continued to rise,with boys having a significantly higher incidence rate than girls.Children with ASD often have intellectual and language impairments,which seriously affect their social skills,emotional regulation,and daily life.Although traditional treatment methods have shown some effectiveness,they still have limitations in addressing social and emotional regulation.Neurobiofeedback therapy is a noninvasive,drug-free treatment method that helps individuals regulate physiological responses through feedback mechanisms,and it has shown potential in various psychological disorders and emotional regulation.However,there is limited research on the social skills and emotional regulation in children with ASD.Therefore,this study aims to explore the impact of neurobiofeedback technology on children with ASD through a retrospective cohort study,supplementing existing treatment methods and promoting a more comprehensive treatment of ASD.AIM To investigate the effects of neurobiofeedback therapy on social skills and emotional regulation in children with ASD.METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 92 children with ASD who were admitted to our hospital from January 2023 to June 2024.According to their different trea-tment plans,they were divided into a conventional group(conventional rehabilitation treatment;n=43)and a combined group(conventional rehabilitation treatment combined with neurobiofeedback therapy;n=49).The general characteristics,Aberrant Behavior Checklist scores,Chinese version of the Psycho-Educational Profile,Third Edition scores,Social Responsiveness Scale scores,Emotion Regulation Checklist scores,Social Communication Questionnaire scores,and the incidence of adverse reactions were compared between groups.RESULTS After intervention,the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Social Responsiveness Scale scores of the combined group were lower than those of the conventional group.In contrast,scores on the Chinese version of the Psycho-Educational Profile,Third Edition,Emotion Regulation Checklist,and Social Communication Questionnaire were significantly higher in the combined group than in the conventional group(all P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups.CONCLUSION Neurobiofeedback therapy can effectively improve clinical symptoms,emotional regulation,and social skills in children with ASD.展开更多
This study aimed to determine the reliability,validity and measurement invariance of scores from the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-8 in Chinese context.A total of 1114 Chinese adolescents were participants ...This study aimed to determine the reliability,validity and measurement invariance of scores from the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-8 in Chinese context.A total of 1114 Chinese adolescents were participants in three phases:N=424 for the initial DERS-8 measure completion;N=586 the DERS-8,General Anxiety Disorder Scale,Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale completion,with an interval of one month.Then an additional 104 adolescents also completed DERS-8,General Anxiety Disorder Scale,Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale.Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-factor model of the scale,and the fitness indicators wereχ^(2)/df=4.05,RMSEA=0.07,CFI=0.98,and TLI=0.97.Each item of the DERS-8 had good discrimination.The internal consistency reliability coefficient,split-half reliability coefficient and test-retest reliability coefficient of the scale scores were 0.90,0.87 and 0.66,respectively.The findings suggest the Chinese version of the DERS-8 is a reliable measure of difficulty of emotion regulation in Chinese adolescents.展开更多
Objectives:The statistics from World Health Organization show a high incidence of childhood maltreatment which has a negative impact on the development of middle school students;for this reason,it is necessary to inve...Objectives:The statistics from World Health Organization show a high incidence of childhood maltreatment which has a negative impact on the development of middle school students;for this reason,it is necessary to investigate the potential harms of childhood maltreatment.This study aimed to explore the direct negative consequences of childhood maltreatment on subjective well-being as well as the mediating roles of shyness and emotion regulation strategies.Methods:A random cluster sampling survey was conducted among 1021 Chinese middle school students(male 49.2%,female 50.8%).The Subjective Well-Being Scale(SWLS),The Positive affect and Negative affect scale(PANAS),and The Childhood Trauma were adopted Questionnaire-28 item Short Form(CTQ-SF),the Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale(RCBS),and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(ERQ)for data collection.SPSS PROCESS macros were used for data analysis.Results:The findings demonstrated that:(a)childhood maltreatment was negatively correlated with subjective well-being(r=−0.482,p<0.001);(b)shyness(β=−0.141,95%CI=[−0.190,−0.097])and the two emotion regulation strategies,namely cognitive reappraisal(β=−0.120,95%CI=[−0.167,−0.079])and expression suppression(β=−0.034,95%CI=[−0.063,−0.010]),partially mediated the association between childhood maltreatment and subjective well-being separately;(c)shyness and the two emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and subjective well-being in a sequential pattern(β=−0.026,95%CI=[−0.041,−0.015];β=−0.022,95%CI=[−0.035,−0.012]).Conclusion:These findings provide new perspectives and strategies to understand and deal with children’s mental health problems.It shows that the intervention of shyness and emotion regulation strategies in adolescents is of great significance to improve individual subjective happiness.展开更多
Although numerousfindings show that people experience both positive and negative experiences with regards to solitude,the relationship between solitude capacity and emotional experience remains unclear.The current stud...Although numerousfindings show that people experience both positive and negative experiences with regards to solitude,the relationship between solitude capacity and emotional experience remains unclear.The current study investigated the extent to which emotion regulation may play a suppressive role in the relationship between solitude capacity and emotional experience.Questionnaires on solitude capacity,emotion regulation,and emotional experience were completed by a sample of Chinese college students(n=844;432 females;Meanage=19.79 years,SD=1.43 years).The results of the indirect effect test showed that cognitive reappraisal suppresses the prediction of solitude capacity on positive emotions,while the solitude capacity prediction of negative emotions was suppressed by both cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.This suggests that solitude capacity does not predict emotional experience directly,but instead is realized through an antagonistic system consisting of adaptive and nonadaptive emotion regulation strategies.Thesefindings provide cross-sectional empirical support for the ecological niche hypothesis of solitude,and are of theoretical significance in clarifying the role of internal mechanisms of solitude capacity on the human emotional experience.展开更多
Background:Understanding the factors that influence adolescent psychological resilience is critical for promoting mental health.This study explores the impact and mechanism of labor values on adolescent psychological ...Background:Understanding the factors that influence adolescent psychological resilience is critical for promoting mental health.This study explores the impact and mechanism of labor values on adolescent psychological resilience from the perspective of emotion regulation theory.Methods:This study conducted an in-depth analysis using the Labor Value Scale on 2691 elementary school upper-grade students,middle school students,and high school students.Results:The results show that:(1)labor values can positively predict adolescents’mental resilience;(2)cognitive reappraisal and expression inhibition play a partial mediating role in the relationship between labor values and adolescents’psychological resilience.Among them,labor values can positively predict adolescents’mental resilience through positive cognitive reappraisal,and labor values can also predict adolescents’mental resilience through expression inhibition.Conclusion:Based on the theory of emotion regulation,this study explores the direct effect of labor values on mental resilience and the mediating effect of different strategies of emotion regulation.The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for improving the mental resilience of adolescents.展开更多
People with schizophrenia exhibit impaired social cognitive functions, particularly emotion regulation. Abnormal activations of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex （vMPFC） during emotional tasks have been demonstra...People with schizophrenia exhibit impaired social cognitive functions, particularly emotion regulation. Abnormal activations of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex （vMPFC） during emotional tasks have been demonstrated in schizophrenia, suggesting its important role in emotion processing in patients. We used the resting-state functional connectivity approach, setting a functionally relevant region, the vMPFC, as a seed region to examine the intrinsic functional interactions and communication between the vMPFC and other brain regions in schizophrenic patients. We found hypo-connectivity between the vMPFC and the medial frontal cortex, right middle temporal lobe （MTL）, right hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex （PHC） and amygdala. Further, there was a decreased strength of the negative connectivity （or anticorrelation） between the vMPFC and the bilateral dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex （DLPFC） and pre-supplementary motor areas. Among these connectivity alterations, reduced vMPFC-DLPFC connectivity was positively correlated with positive symptoms on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, while vMPFC-right MTL/PHC/amygdala functional connectivity was positively correlated with the performance of emotional regulation in patients. These findings imply that communication and coordination throughout the brain networks are disrupted in schizophrenia. The emotional correlates of vMPFC connectivity suggest a role of the hypo-connectivity between these regions in the neuropathology of abnormal social cognition in chronic schizophrenia.展开更多
Evidence suggests that explicit reappraisal has limited regulatory effects on high-intensity emotions,mainly due to the depletion of cognitive resources occupied by the high-intensity emotional stimulus itself.The imp...Evidence suggests that explicit reappraisal has limited regulatory effects on high-intensity emotions,mainly due to the depletion of cognitive resources occupied by the high-intensity emotional stimulus itself.The implicit form of reappraisal has proved to be resource-saving and therefore might be an ideal strategy to achieve the desired regulatory effect in high-intensity situations.In this study,we explored the regulatory effect of explicit and implicit reappraisal when participants encountered low-and high-intensity negative images.The subjective emotional rating indicated that both explicit and implicit reappraisal down-regulated negative experiences,irrespective of intensity.However,the amplitude of the parietal late positive potential(LPP;a neural index of experienced emotional intensity)showed that only implicit reappraisal had significant regulatory effects in the high-intensity context,though both explicit and implicit reappraisal successfully reduced the emotional neural responses elicited by low-intensity negative images.Meanwhile,implicit reappraisal led to a smaller frontal LPP amplitude(an index of cognitive cost)compared to explicit reappraisal,indicating that the implementation of implicit reappraisal consumes limited cognitive control resources.Furthermore,we found a prolonged effect of implicit emotion regulation introduced by training procedures.Taken together,these findings not only reveal that implicit reappraisal is suitable to relieve high-intensity negative experiences as well as neural responses,but also highlight the potential benefit of trained implicit regulation in clinical populations whose frontal control resources are limited.展开更多
BACKGROUND Panic disorder(PD)involves emotion dysregulation,but its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.Previous research suggests that implicit emotion regulation may play a central role in PD-related emot...BACKGROUND Panic disorder(PD)involves emotion dysregulation,but its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.Previous research suggests that implicit emotion regulation may play a central role in PD-related emotion dysregulation and symptom maintenance.However,there is a lack of studies exploring the neural mechanisms of implicit emotion regulation in PD using neurophysiological indicators.AIM To study the neural mechanisms of implicit emotion regulation in PD with eventrelated potentials(ERP).METHODS A total of 25 PD patients and 20 healthy controls(HC)underwent clinical evaluations.The study utilized a case-control design with random sampling,selecting participants for the case group from March to December 2018.Participants performed an affect labeling task,using affect labeling as the experimental condition and gender labeling as the control condition.ERP and behavioral data were recorded to compare the late positive potential(LPP)within and between the groups.RESULTS Both PD and HC groups showed longer reaction times and decreased accuracy under the affect labeling.In the HC group,late LPP amplitudes exhibited a dynamic pattern of initial increase followed by decrease.Importantly,a significant group×condition interaction effect was observed.Simple effect analysis revealed a reduction in the differences of late LPP amplitudes between the affect labeling and gender labeling conditions in the PD group compared to the HC group.Furthermore,among PD patients under the affect labeling,the late LPP was negatively correlated with disease severity,symptom frequency,and intensity.CONCLUSION PD patients demonstrate abnormalities in implicit emotion regulation,hampering their ability to mobilize cognitive resources for downregulating negative emotions.The late LPP amplitude in response to affect labeling may serve as a potentially valuable clinical indicator of PD severity.展开更多
This study aimed to examine the relationship between junior high school novice English teachers’emotion regulation and job burnout.To achieve this purpose,a survey consisting of various scales was administered to 133...This study aimed to examine the relationship between junior high school novice English teachers’emotion regulation and job burnout.To achieve this purpose,a survey consisting of various scales was administered to 133 primary school teachers selected from Yunnan Province in China.Statistical analyses revealed gender differences in job burnout and emotion regulation among these teachers and highlighted the association between these two variables.The findings established that male novice English teachers in junior schools generally experience lower levels of job burnout and possess better emotion regulation skills compared to their female counterparts.Additionally,a strong negative correlation was identified between job burnout and emotional regulation skills,indicating that the stronger the emotional regulation skills,the less likely novice English teachers are to experience job burnout.The study further emphasized caution in the use of cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy,as it may have an adverse effect on mitigating job burnout.This study concluded with recommendations for providing junior high school novice English teachers with opportunities to develop and enhance their emotion regulation skills to reduce job burnout effectively.展开更多
Objective:This study aimed to examine the effects of mindfulness meditation on trait mindfulness,perceived stress,emotion regulation,and quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.Meth...Objective:This study aimed to examine the effects of mindfulness meditation on trait mindfulness,perceived stress,emotion regulation,and quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.Methods:An experimental study with repeated measures design was conducted among a sample of 74 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis between January and May 2021 in the dialysis center at Jahra hospital,Kuwait.The patients were randomly assigned to the experimental(n?37)and control groups(n?37).The experimental group participated in 30-min mindfulness meditation sessions(three sessions a week for five weeks)held during their hemodialysis sessions;the participants in the control group were instructed to sit with their eyes closed and relaxed for 30 min three times a week for five weeks during hemodialysis sessions.The dependent variables of both groups were measured at baseline(T0),middle of intervention(T1),and end of intervention(T2)using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS),Perceived Stress Scale(PSS),Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(ERQ),and Kidney Disease Quality of Life(KDQOL-36)questionnaire.The study was registered in the ClinicalTrial.gov(Identifier:NCT05176730).Results:The repeated measures ANOVA(within-subject)results for the experimental group showed that mindfulness meditation had significantly decreased perceived stress by the end of the intervention.Also,mindfulness meditation improved mindfulness,emotion regulation,and kidney disease-related quality of life in the experimental group,and this improvement occurred significantly at both T1 and T2.The repeated measures ANOVA(within and between-subject)results showed that the experimental group,as compared to the control group,had lower perceived stress,higher trait mindfulness,higher emotional regulation,and higher kidney disease-related quality of life over time.Conclusions:The positive findings of this study offer health policy-makers and hospital administrators a promising tool to use with patients undergoing hemodialysis as a way to manage stress and improve quality of life.However,this study should be replicated in multiple settings with follow-up assessments.展开更多
An authoritative parenting style has been shown to promote children’s emotion regulation in European-American family studies.However,little is known about how sleep problems and the child’s sibling status in Chinese...An authoritative parenting style has been shown to promote children’s emotion regulation in European-American family studies.However,little is known about how sleep problems and the child’s sibling status in Chinese families affect this relationship.Based on family system theory,this study attempts to better understand the relationship between authoritative parenting style and emotion regulation.Mothers of preschool children in Chinese kindergartens completed questionnaires about their children’s sleep habits,their authoritative parenting styles,and children’s emotion regulation.A total of 531 children participated in this study.Results showed that authoritative parenting was positively associated with emotional regulation.Sleep problems mediated the effects of authoritative parenting style on emotion regulation.The child’s sibling status moderated the mediating effects of sleep problems in authoritative parenting and emotion regulation relationships.Specifically,the relationship between the authoritative parenting style and sleep problems was significant for only children,while birth order had no significant influence on the authoritative parenting style and sleep problems in two-child families.These findings suggest that a lowauthoritative parenting style predicts low emotion regulation through sleep problems,and this depends on the child’s sibling status,indicating that children without siblings may impair emotion regulation due to increased sleep problems.展开更多
The current study explored the associations between perceived social support and positive academic emotions and the mediating roles of emotion regulation and academic self-efficacy among overseas Chinese left-behind c...The current study explored the associations between perceived social support and positive academic emotions and the mediating roles of emotion regulation and academic self-efficacy among overseas Chinese left-behind children.A convenience sample of 418 overseas Chinese left-behind children aged between 11 and 16 completed self-reported questionnaires on perceived social support,emotion regulation,academic self-efficacy,and positive academic emotions.The results indicated that perceived social support positively predicted positive academic emotions among overseas Chinese left-behind children.Additionally,emotion regulation and academic selfefficacy mediated the relationship by a respective mediating role and a chain-mediating role.The results advanced our understanding of the connection between perceived social support and positive academic emotions and have implications for negative academic emotions prevention and interventions of overseas Chinese left-behind children in the future.展开更多
Background:Maternal mental health literacy is a cognitive resource that may support preschoolers’emotional development,yet its influence on emotional regulation and the related mechanisms remains unclear.This study e...Background:Maternal mental health literacy is a cognitive resource that may support preschoolers’emotional development,yet its influence on emotional regulation and the related mechanisms remains unclear.This study examined whether maternal depressive mood and democratic parenting form a chain pathway linking maternal mental health literacy to preschoolers’emotional regulation ability.Methods:Mothers of 544 preschoolers in China’s Mainland completed an online questionnaire that assessed maternal mental health literacy,depressive mood,democratic parenting,and child emotional regulation.Structural path analysis was conducted with child age and gender controlled.Indirect effects were tested using 5000 bootstrap samples.Results:Maternal mental health literacy did not directly predict preschoolers’emotional regulation.Three indirect effects were significant.The pathway through depressive mood had an effect of 0.005,the pathway through democratic parenting had an effect of 0.004,and the chain pathway through depressive mood and democratic parenting had an effect of 0.002.All confidence intervals excluded 0.Conclusion:Maternal mental health literacy influences preschoolers’emotional regulation only through maternal depressive mood and democratic parenting,indicating that cognitive resources affect child emotional outcomes through emotional and behavioral processes rather than a direct pathway.展开更多
Creative cognitive reappraisal is an emerging emotion regulation strategy,but existing experimental studies often lack ecological validity due to two key limitations:the challenge of spontaneously generating creative ...Creative cognitive reappraisal is an emerging emotion regulation strategy,but existing experimental studies often lack ecological validity due to two key limitations:the challenge of spontaneously generating creative cognitive reappraisal and the passive pres-entation of materials,which resembles comprehension rather than active application.This study addresses these gaps by inves-tigating the teachability and effectiveness of creative cognitive reappraisal in real-world contexts.Using a 3×2 mixed-factorial design,82 teachers provided two personal negative events at baseline and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions(creative cognitive reappraisal,ordinary cognitive reappraisal,and positive emotional picture).Participants were trained in their assigned emotion regulation strategy based on a learning-test paradigm,using materials from the International Affective Picture System and Teachers'Negative Emotional Scenarios System.Pleasure was measured at two time points:immediately after the learning phase and 3 days later,using 20 common and two personal negative teacher-related scenarios.Qualitative data on insights gained from the learning phase were also collected.For common negative events,creative cognitive reappraisal demonstrated a meaningful,delayed,and significant effect after 3 days.The creative cognitive reappraisal group also generated the most creative reappraisal interpretations,highlighting its unique efficacy.These findings suggest that creative cognitive reappraisal is a teachable and enduring skill with delayed benefit for regulating negative emotions in real-world contexts.It highlighted the importance of allowing time for emotional processing-rather than attempting immediate regulation-which could create a pathway for more effective regulation later.展开更多
Objectives:Virtues have been recognized as central to human flourishing and psychological well-being.This study tested whether three dispositional virtues,i.e.,mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness,show distinct and o...Objectives:Virtues have been recognized as central to human flourishing and psychological well-being.This study tested whether three dispositional virtues,i.e.,mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness,show distinct and overlapping associations with psychological distress,subjective well-being,and emotion-regulation difficulties in adults.Methods:A sample of Italian community adults(N=211;151 women,60 men;mean age=28.63,standard deviation[SD]=10.89)completed self-report questionnaires assessing mindfulness,gratitude,forgiveness,psychological distress(stress,anxiety,and depression),psychological well-being(subjective happiness,life satisfaction),and emotion regulation difficulties.Sex,age,and lifetime meditation experience were covariates.Results:Correlation analysis showed higher virtues related to lower distress and higher well-being.In multivariable models,mindfulness and gratitude uniquely predicted lower depression,anxiety,and stress,whereas forgiveness was non-significant for distress.For well-being,all three virtues were positive,unique predictors,with gratitude and forgiveness showing comparatively stronger links than mindfulness.Emotion-regulation difficulties were lower with higher mindfulness and forgiveness,whereas gratitude was non-significant.Mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness form a complementary virtues profile,where different virtues reinforce each other,i.e.,mindfulness and gratitude align more with reduced distress,gratitude and forgiveness with enhanced well-being,and mindfulness together with forgiveness with better emotion regulation.Conclusion:Mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness each contribute uniquely to mental health:mindfulness and gratitude relate more to reduced distress,gratitude and forgiveness to enhanced well-being,and mindfulness and forgiveness to better emotion regulation.Together,they form a complementary virtues profile that supports psychological flourishing and may inform future virtue-based prevention and intervention programs.展开更多
Adolescents academic success is shaped by resilience,emotion regulation,and social support,yet cross-cultural differences in these processes remain underexplored.This study investigated the latent mediating effect amo...Adolescents academic success is shaped by resilience,emotion regulation,and social support,yet cross-cultural differences in these processes remain underexplored.This study investigated the latent mediating effect among psychological resilience,emotion regulation,academic self-efficacy,and perceived social support in Chinese and Ghanaian adolescents.Using multigroup structural equation modeling(MSEM)with a sample of 2000 participants,the study tested hypotheses on measurement invari-ance,structural associations,mediation,and moderated mediation.Results from measurement invariance tests confirmed that the constructs were comparable across groups,with good fit indices(CFI≥0.90,RMSEA≤0.07)supporting configural,metric,and scalar invariance.Structural path analyses revealed significant positive associations among all constructs,with effects generally stronger among Chinese adolescents.It was found that the relationship between resilience and emotion regulation was higher in China than in Ghana.Mediation analyses further indicated that emotion regulation and social support transmitted the influence of resilience on academic self-efficacy,with single mediators explaining 20%-28%of the variance and the total in-direct effect accounting for 48%.Emotion regulation emerged as the strongest mediator.Moderated mediation analyses showed that these pathways were more pronounced in China(total indirect effect:B=0.37 vs.0.20;index=0.17,95%CI=[0.07,0.29],p<0.01),reflecting cultural emphases on emotional control,academic diligence,and structured social networks.Findings highlight the importance of considering cultural context in adolescent development research.Contextually relevant psychological and educational interventions are recommended to strengthen resilience,emotion regulation,and support systems in both China and Ghana.展开更多
Emotion regulation choice(ERC)requires cognitive control resources.However,it remains unknown whether and how individuals'internal resource levels may influence their ERC.To address this question,51 participants f...Emotion regulation choice(ERC)requires cognitive control resources.However,it remains unknown whether and how individuals'internal resource levels may influence their ERC.To address this question,51 participants first performed a depletion or non-depletion cognitive task.Then,they were presented with negative pictures of high and low intensity and were required to choose distraction or reappraisal,to regulate their emotion,or watch(no regulation)the negative stimulus.The results indicated that individuals showed a greater usage preference for distraction in high-intensity emotional situations.Besides,individuals'choice of reappraisal was not affected by emotional intensity.More importantly,the depletion effects led to a significant increase in the choice of watch and reduced the choice of distraction(but not reappraisal).These results suggest that cognitive depletion weakens emotion regulation willingness and has different effects on distraction and reappraisal.展开更多
Introduction Religious chanting and praying are widely practiced activities believed to alleviate negative emotions and stress.However,the neural mechanisms underlying these practices and their temporal courses are no...Introduction Religious chanting and praying are widely practiced activities believed to alleviate negative emotions and stress.However,the neural mechanisms underlying these practices and their temporal courses are not well understood.Recent studies have begun to explore these mechanisms by using various neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques,revealing intriguing insights into how repetitive religious chanting modulates brain responses to fearand stress-provoking stimuli.The following are the summaries of three articles related to the above-mentioned topic published by the Buddhist Practices and Counselling Science Lab,Centre of Buddhist Studies,The University of Hong Kong.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND The prevalence of negative emotional states,such as anxiety and depression,has increased annually.Although personal habits are known to influence emotional regulation,the precise mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear.AIM To investigate emotion regulation habits impact on students negative emotions during lockdown,using the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic as a case example.METHODS During the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown,an online cross-sectional survey was conducted at a Chinese university.Emotional states were assessed using the Depression,Anxiety,and Stress Scale-21(DASS-21),while demographic data and emotion regulation habits were collected concurrently.Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27.0 and includedχ^(2)-tests for intergroup comparisons,Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient analysis to examine associations,and stepwise linear regression modeling to explore the relationships between emotion regulation habits and emotional states.Statistical significance was set atα=0.05.RESULTS Among the 494 valid questionnaires analyzed,the prevalence rates of negative emotional states were as follows:Depression(65.0%),anxiety(69.4%),and stress(50.8%).DASS-21 scores(mean±SD)demonstrated significant symptomatology:Total(48.77±34.88),depression(16.21±12.18),anxiety(14.90±11.91),and stress(17.64±12.07).Significant positive intercorrelations were observed among all DASS-21 subscales(P<0.01).Regression analysis identified key predictors of negative emotions(P<0.05):Risk factors included late-night frequency and academic pressure,while protective factors were the frequency of parental contact and the number of same-gender friends.Additionally,compensatory spending and binge eating positively predicted all negative emotion scores(β>0,P<0.01),whereas appropriate recreational activities negatively predicted these scores(β<0,P<0.01).CONCLUSION High negative emotion prevalence occurred among confined students.Recreational activities were protective,while compensatory spending and binge eating were risk factors,necessitating guided emotion regulation.
基金supported by Zhejiang Provincial Social Science Funding(22NDJC050YB).
文摘Background:The Canadian 24-h movement guidelines(24-HMG)emphasize the holistic consideration of physical activity(PA),sedentary behavior,and sleep in shaping health outcomes.This study aimed to examine the associations between meeting 24-HMG and emotion regulation-related indicators among children and adolescents.Methods:A total of 534 Chinese children and adolescents aged 12.94±1.10 years(49.81%males)participated in this study and completed self-report measures assessing 24-h movement behaviors,emotion regulation strategies,emotion regulation flexibility,and regulatory emotional self-efficacy.Results:Only 7.12% of theparticipants adhered to two or all three guidelines.The number of guidelines met was positively associated with the use of emotion regulation strategies,emotion regulation flexibility,and regulatory emotional self-efficacy.Compared with meeting none of the guidelines,participants whomet one ormore guidelines reported significantly better performance in these outcomes.Conclusion:Meeting 24-HMG was associated with superior emotion regulation in children and adolescents.The importance of engaging in regular PA,limiting recreational screen time,and getting enough sleep should be highlighted for fostering emotion regulation in this demographic.
文摘BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder(ASD)is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social communication,restricted interests,and repetitive stereotyped behaviors.In recent years,the prevalence of ASD has continued to rise,with boys having a significantly higher incidence rate than girls.Children with ASD often have intellectual and language impairments,which seriously affect their social skills,emotional regulation,and daily life.Although traditional treatment methods have shown some effectiveness,they still have limitations in addressing social and emotional regulation.Neurobiofeedback therapy is a noninvasive,drug-free treatment method that helps individuals regulate physiological responses through feedback mechanisms,and it has shown potential in various psychological disorders and emotional regulation.However,there is limited research on the social skills and emotional regulation in children with ASD.Therefore,this study aims to explore the impact of neurobiofeedback technology on children with ASD through a retrospective cohort study,supplementing existing treatment methods and promoting a more comprehensive treatment of ASD.AIM To investigate the effects of neurobiofeedback therapy on social skills and emotional regulation in children with ASD.METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 92 children with ASD who were admitted to our hospital from January 2023 to June 2024.According to their different trea-tment plans,they were divided into a conventional group(conventional rehabilitation treatment;n=43)and a combined group(conventional rehabilitation treatment combined with neurobiofeedback therapy;n=49).The general characteristics,Aberrant Behavior Checklist scores,Chinese version of the Psycho-Educational Profile,Third Edition scores,Social Responsiveness Scale scores,Emotion Regulation Checklist scores,Social Communication Questionnaire scores,and the incidence of adverse reactions were compared between groups.RESULTS After intervention,the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Social Responsiveness Scale scores of the combined group were lower than those of the conventional group.In contrast,scores on the Chinese version of the Psycho-Educational Profile,Third Edition,Emotion Regulation Checklist,and Social Communication Questionnaire were significantly higher in the combined group than in the conventional group(all P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups.CONCLUSION Neurobiofeedback therapy can effectively improve clinical symptoms,emotional regulation,and social skills in children with ASD.
基金funded by Science Research Project of Hebei Education Department(BJ2025238)Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Hebei Normal University(S24YX002)Humanities and Social Science Research Foundation of Hebei Normal University(S22B019).
文摘This study aimed to determine the reliability,validity and measurement invariance of scores from the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-8 in Chinese context.A total of 1114 Chinese adolescents were participants in three phases:N=424 for the initial DERS-8 measure completion;N=586 the DERS-8,General Anxiety Disorder Scale,Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale completion,with an interval of one month.Then an additional 104 adolescents also completed DERS-8,General Anxiety Disorder Scale,Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale.Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-factor model of the scale,and the fitness indicators wereχ^(2)/df=4.05,RMSEA=0.07,CFI=0.98,and TLI=0.97.Each item of the DERS-8 had good discrimination.The internal consistency reliability coefficient,split-half reliability coefficient and test-retest reliability coefficient of the scale scores were 0.90,0.87 and 0.66,respectively.The findings suggest the Chinese version of the DERS-8 is a reliable measure of difficulty of emotion regulation in Chinese adolescents.
基金Funded by the scientific research project of Hunan Department of Education(23A0098).
文摘Objectives:The statistics from World Health Organization show a high incidence of childhood maltreatment which has a negative impact on the development of middle school students;for this reason,it is necessary to investigate the potential harms of childhood maltreatment.This study aimed to explore the direct negative consequences of childhood maltreatment on subjective well-being as well as the mediating roles of shyness and emotion regulation strategies.Methods:A random cluster sampling survey was conducted among 1021 Chinese middle school students(male 49.2%,female 50.8%).The Subjective Well-Being Scale(SWLS),The Positive affect and Negative affect scale(PANAS),and The Childhood Trauma were adopted Questionnaire-28 item Short Form(CTQ-SF),the Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale(RCBS),and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(ERQ)for data collection.SPSS PROCESS macros were used for data analysis.Results:The findings demonstrated that:(a)childhood maltreatment was negatively correlated with subjective well-being(r=−0.482,p<0.001);(b)shyness(β=−0.141,95%CI=[−0.190,−0.097])and the two emotion regulation strategies,namely cognitive reappraisal(β=−0.120,95%CI=[−0.167,−0.079])and expression suppression(β=−0.034,95%CI=[−0.063,−0.010]),partially mediated the association between childhood maltreatment and subjective well-being separately;(c)shyness and the two emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and subjective well-being in a sequential pattern(β=−0.026,95%CI=[−0.041,−0.015];β=−0.022,95%CI=[−0.035,−0.012]).Conclusion:These findings provide new perspectives and strategies to understand and deal with children’s mental health problems.It shows that the intervention of shyness and emotion regulation strategies in adolescents is of great significance to improve individual subjective happiness.
基金supported by grants from the Doctoral Research Project of Yan’an University(2003-205040349)the 2022 General Special Scientific Research Plan Project of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education(YDZZYB23-40)the Social Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2023P013 and 2024P028).
文摘Although numerousfindings show that people experience both positive and negative experiences with regards to solitude,the relationship between solitude capacity and emotional experience remains unclear.The current study investigated the extent to which emotion regulation may play a suppressive role in the relationship between solitude capacity and emotional experience.Questionnaires on solitude capacity,emotion regulation,and emotional experience were completed by a sample of Chinese college students(n=844;432 females;Meanage=19.79 years,SD=1.43 years).The results of the indirect effect test showed that cognitive reappraisal suppresses the prediction of solitude capacity on positive emotions,while the solitude capacity prediction of negative emotions was suppressed by both cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.This suggests that solitude capacity does not predict emotional experience directly,but instead is realized through an antagonistic system consisting of adaptive and nonadaptive emotion regulation strategies.Thesefindings provide cross-sectional empirical support for the ecological niche hypothesis of solitude,and are of theoretical significance in clarifying the role of internal mechanisms of solitude capacity on the human emotional experience.
基金supported by Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial EducationDepartment(23B1133):How Labor Affects Moral Development:Based on the perspective of mixed research methods.
文摘Background:Understanding the factors that influence adolescent psychological resilience is critical for promoting mental health.This study explores the impact and mechanism of labor values on adolescent psychological resilience from the perspective of emotion regulation theory.Methods:This study conducted an in-depth analysis using the Labor Value Scale on 2691 elementary school upper-grade students,middle school students,and high school students.Results:The results show that:(1)labor values can positively predict adolescents’mental resilience;(2)cognitive reappraisal and expression inhibition play a partial mediating role in the relationship between labor values and adolescents’psychological resilience.Among them,labor values can positively predict adolescents’mental resilience through positive cognitive reappraisal,and labor values can also predict adolescents’mental resilience through expression inhibition.Conclusion:Based on the theory of emotion regulation,this study explores the direct effect of labor values on mental resilience and the mediating effect of different strategies of emotion regulation.The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for improving the mental resilience of adolescents.
基金supported by grants from the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission(D0906001040191,D101107047810005,D101100050010051)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(7102086)+3 种基金the Fund for Capital Medical Development and Research(2007-3059)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81171409)Startup Foundation for Distinguished Research Professors of the Institute for Psychology(Y0CX492S03)Fund for Outstanding Talents in Beijing(2012D003034000003)
文摘People with schizophrenia exhibit impaired social cognitive functions, particularly emotion regulation. Abnormal activations of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex （vMPFC） during emotional tasks have been demonstrated in schizophrenia, suggesting its important role in emotion processing in patients. We used the resting-state functional connectivity approach, setting a functionally relevant region, the vMPFC, as a seed region to examine the intrinsic functional interactions and communication between the vMPFC and other brain regions in schizophrenic patients. We found hypo-connectivity between the vMPFC and the medial frontal cortex, right middle temporal lobe （MTL）, right hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex （PHC） and amygdala. Further, there was a decreased strength of the negative connectivity （or anticorrelation） between the vMPFC and the bilateral dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex （DLPFC） and pre-supplementary motor areas. Among these connectivity alterations, reduced vMPFC-DLPFC connectivity was positively correlated with positive symptoms on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, while vMPFC-right MTL/PHC/amygdala functional connectivity was positively correlated with the performance of emotional regulation in patients. These findings imply that communication and coordination throughout the brain networks are disrupted in schizophrenia. The emotional correlates of vMPFC connectivity suggest a role of the hypo-connectivity between these regions in the neuropathology of abnormal social cognition in chronic schizophrenia.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271102,31970980,31920103009)the Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation(20&ZD153)+1 种基金the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science(2022SHIBS0003)the Guangdong Key Project(2018B030335001).
文摘Evidence suggests that explicit reappraisal has limited regulatory effects on high-intensity emotions,mainly due to the depletion of cognitive resources occupied by the high-intensity emotional stimulus itself.The implicit form of reappraisal has proved to be resource-saving and therefore might be an ideal strategy to achieve the desired regulatory effect in high-intensity situations.In this study,we explored the regulatory effect of explicit and implicit reappraisal when participants encountered low-and high-intensity negative images.The subjective emotional rating indicated that both explicit and implicit reappraisal down-regulated negative experiences,irrespective of intensity.However,the amplitude of the parietal late positive potential(LPP;a neural index of experienced emotional intensity)showed that only implicit reappraisal had significant regulatory effects in the high-intensity context,though both explicit and implicit reappraisal successfully reduced the emotional neural responses elicited by low-intensity negative images.Meanwhile,implicit reappraisal led to a smaller frontal LPP amplitude(an index of cognitive cost)compared to explicit reappraisal,indicating that the implementation of implicit reappraisal consumes limited cognitive control resources.Furthermore,we found a prolonged effect of implicit emotion regulation introduced by training procedures.Taken together,these findings not only reveal that implicit reappraisal is suitable to relieve high-intensity negative experiences as well as neural responses,but also highlight the potential benefit of trained implicit regulation in clinical populations whose frontal control resources are limited.
基金Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81871080the Key R&D Program of Jining(Major Program),No.2023YXNS004+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81401486the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China,No.20170540276the Medicine and Health Science Technology Development Program of Shandong Province,No.202003070713.
文摘BACKGROUND Panic disorder(PD)involves emotion dysregulation,but its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.Previous research suggests that implicit emotion regulation may play a central role in PD-related emotion dysregulation and symptom maintenance.However,there is a lack of studies exploring the neural mechanisms of implicit emotion regulation in PD using neurophysiological indicators.AIM To study the neural mechanisms of implicit emotion regulation in PD with eventrelated potentials(ERP).METHODS A total of 25 PD patients and 20 healthy controls(HC)underwent clinical evaluations.The study utilized a case-control design with random sampling,selecting participants for the case group from March to December 2018.Participants performed an affect labeling task,using affect labeling as the experimental condition and gender labeling as the control condition.ERP and behavioral data were recorded to compare the late positive potential(LPP)within and between the groups.RESULTS Both PD and HC groups showed longer reaction times and decreased accuracy under the affect labeling.In the HC group,late LPP amplitudes exhibited a dynamic pattern of initial increase followed by decrease.Importantly,a significant group×condition interaction effect was observed.Simple effect analysis revealed a reduction in the differences of late LPP amplitudes between the affect labeling and gender labeling conditions in the PD group compared to the HC group.Furthermore,among PD patients under the affect labeling,the late LPP was negatively correlated with disease severity,symptom frequency,and intensity.CONCLUSION PD patients demonstrate abnormalities in implicit emotion regulation,hampering their ability to mobilize cognitive resources for downregulating negative emotions.The late LPP amplitude in response to affect labeling may serve as a potentially valuable clinical indicator of PD severity.
文摘This study aimed to examine the relationship between junior high school novice English teachers’emotion regulation and job burnout.To achieve this purpose,a survey consisting of various scales was administered to 133 primary school teachers selected from Yunnan Province in China.Statistical analyses revealed gender differences in job burnout and emotion regulation among these teachers and highlighted the association between these two variables.The findings established that male novice English teachers in junior schools generally experience lower levels of job burnout and possess better emotion regulation skills compared to their female counterparts.Additionally,a strong negative correlation was identified between job burnout and emotional regulation skills,indicating that the stronger the emotional regulation skills,the less likely novice English teachers are to experience job burnout.The study further emphasized caution in the use of cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy,as it may have an adverse effect on mitigating job burnout.This study concluded with recommendations for providing junior high school novice English teachers with opportunities to develop and enhance their emotion regulation skills to reduce job burnout effectively.
基金funding from Jordan University of Science and Technology,Deanship of Research.
文摘Objective:This study aimed to examine the effects of mindfulness meditation on trait mindfulness,perceived stress,emotion regulation,and quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.Methods:An experimental study with repeated measures design was conducted among a sample of 74 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis between January and May 2021 in the dialysis center at Jahra hospital,Kuwait.The patients were randomly assigned to the experimental(n?37)and control groups(n?37).The experimental group participated in 30-min mindfulness meditation sessions(three sessions a week for five weeks)held during their hemodialysis sessions;the participants in the control group were instructed to sit with their eyes closed and relaxed for 30 min three times a week for five weeks during hemodialysis sessions.The dependent variables of both groups were measured at baseline(T0),middle of intervention(T1),and end of intervention(T2)using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS),Perceived Stress Scale(PSS),Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(ERQ),and Kidney Disease Quality of Life(KDQOL-36)questionnaire.The study was registered in the ClinicalTrial.gov(Identifier:NCT05176730).Results:The repeated measures ANOVA(within-subject)results for the experimental group showed that mindfulness meditation had significantly decreased perceived stress by the end of the intervention.Also,mindfulness meditation improved mindfulness,emotion regulation,and kidney disease-related quality of life in the experimental group,and this improvement occurred significantly at both T1 and T2.The repeated measures ANOVA(within and between-subject)results showed that the experimental group,as compared to the control group,had lower perceived stress,higher trait mindfulness,higher emotional regulation,and higher kidney disease-related quality of life over time.Conclusions:The positive findings of this study offer health policy-makers and hospital administrators a promising tool to use with patients undergoing hemodialysis as a way to manage stress and improve quality of life.However,this study should be replicated in multiple settings with follow-up assessments.
基金supported by the Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Science Project(Grant No.GD22CJY12)the Young Innovation Talent Project of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2022WTSCX112)the Key Construction Discipline of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2022ZDJS061)to Yan Jin.
文摘An authoritative parenting style has been shown to promote children’s emotion regulation in European-American family studies.However,little is known about how sleep problems and the child’s sibling status in Chinese families affect this relationship.Based on family system theory,this study attempts to better understand the relationship between authoritative parenting style and emotion regulation.Mothers of preschool children in Chinese kindergartens completed questionnaires about their children’s sleep habits,their authoritative parenting styles,and children’s emotion regulation.A total of 531 children participated in this study.Results showed that authoritative parenting was positively associated with emotional regulation.Sleep problems mediated the effects of authoritative parenting style on emotion regulation.The child’s sibling status moderated the mediating effects of sleep problems in authoritative parenting and emotion regulation relationships.Specifically,the relationship between the authoritative parenting style and sleep problems was significant for only children,while birth order had no significant influence on the authoritative parenting style and sleep problems in two-child families.These findings suggest that a lowauthoritative parenting style predicts low emotion regulation through sleep problems,and this depends on the child’s sibling status,indicating that children without siblings may impair emotion regulation due to increased sleep problems.
基金supported by[A Study of the Developmental Characteristics and Cultivating Strategies for Social-Emotional Competence among Left-behind Children of Overseas Chinese”General Project of Educational Science Planning,Department of Education,Zhejiang Province(China)](Grant No.2024SCG189).
文摘The current study explored the associations between perceived social support and positive academic emotions and the mediating roles of emotion regulation and academic self-efficacy among overseas Chinese left-behind children.A convenience sample of 418 overseas Chinese left-behind children aged between 11 and 16 completed self-reported questionnaires on perceived social support,emotion regulation,academic self-efficacy,and positive academic emotions.The results indicated that perceived social support positively predicted positive academic emotions among overseas Chinese left-behind children.Additionally,emotion regulation and academic selfefficacy mediated the relationship by a respective mediating role and a chain-mediating role.The results advanced our understanding of the connection between perceived social support and positive academic emotions and have implications for negative academic emotions prevention and interventions of overseas Chinese left-behind children in the future.
文摘Background:Maternal mental health literacy is a cognitive resource that may support preschoolers’emotional development,yet its influence on emotional regulation and the related mechanisms remains unclear.This study examined whether maternal depressive mood and democratic parenting form a chain pathway linking maternal mental health literacy to preschoolers’emotional regulation ability.Methods:Mothers of 544 preschoolers in China’s Mainland completed an online questionnaire that assessed maternal mental health literacy,depressive mood,democratic parenting,and child emotional regulation.Structural path analysis was conducted with child age and gender controlled.Indirect effects were tested using 5000 bootstrap samples.Results:Maternal mental health literacy did not directly predict preschoolers’emotional regulation.Three indirect effects were significant.The pathway through depressive mood had an effect of 0.005,the pathway through democratic parenting had an effect of 0.004,and the chain pathway through depressive mood and democratic parenting had an effect of 0.002.All confidence intervals excluded 0.Conclusion:Maternal mental health literacy influences preschoolers’emotional regulation only through maternal depressive mood and democratic parenting,indicating that cognitive resources affect child emotional outcomes through emotional and behavioral processes rather than a direct pathway.
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,LQ22C090001National Natural Science Foundation of China,32100836。
文摘Creative cognitive reappraisal is an emerging emotion regulation strategy,but existing experimental studies often lack ecological validity due to two key limitations:the challenge of spontaneously generating creative cognitive reappraisal and the passive pres-entation of materials,which resembles comprehension rather than active application.This study addresses these gaps by inves-tigating the teachability and effectiveness of creative cognitive reappraisal in real-world contexts.Using a 3×2 mixed-factorial design,82 teachers provided two personal negative events at baseline and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions(creative cognitive reappraisal,ordinary cognitive reappraisal,and positive emotional picture).Participants were trained in their assigned emotion regulation strategy based on a learning-test paradigm,using materials from the International Affective Picture System and Teachers'Negative Emotional Scenarios System.Pleasure was measured at two time points:immediately after the learning phase and 3 days later,using 20 common and two personal negative teacher-related scenarios.Qualitative data on insights gained from the learning phase were also collected.For common negative events,creative cognitive reappraisal demonstrated a meaningful,delayed,and significant effect after 3 days.The creative cognitive reappraisal group also generated the most creative reappraisal interpretations,highlighting its unique efficacy.These findings suggest that creative cognitive reappraisal is a teachable and enduring skill with delayed benefit for regulating negative emotions in real-world contexts.It highlighted the importance of allowing time for emotional processing-rather than attempting immediate regulation-which could create a pathway for more effective regulation later.
基金Salvatore G.Chiarella,Alessandro Frolli,and Antonella Cavallaro have been supported by Ministero dell’Universitàe della Ricerca(Italy),grant number PROBEN_0000012(WAVE2)supported by Bial Foundation(Portugal),grant number 351/2024.
文摘Objectives:Virtues have been recognized as central to human flourishing and psychological well-being.This study tested whether three dispositional virtues,i.e.,mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness,show distinct and overlapping associations with psychological distress,subjective well-being,and emotion-regulation difficulties in adults.Methods:A sample of Italian community adults(N=211;151 women,60 men;mean age=28.63,standard deviation[SD]=10.89)completed self-report questionnaires assessing mindfulness,gratitude,forgiveness,psychological distress(stress,anxiety,and depression),psychological well-being(subjective happiness,life satisfaction),and emotion regulation difficulties.Sex,age,and lifetime meditation experience were covariates.Results:Correlation analysis showed higher virtues related to lower distress and higher well-being.In multivariable models,mindfulness and gratitude uniquely predicted lower depression,anxiety,and stress,whereas forgiveness was non-significant for distress.For well-being,all three virtues were positive,unique predictors,with gratitude and forgiveness showing comparatively stronger links than mindfulness.Emotion-regulation difficulties were lower with higher mindfulness and forgiveness,whereas gratitude was non-significant.Mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness form a complementary virtues profile,where different virtues reinforce each other,i.e.,mindfulness and gratitude align more with reduced distress,gratitude and forgiveness with enhanced well-being,and mindfulness together with forgiveness with better emotion regulation.Conclusion:Mindfulness,gratitude,and forgiveness each contribute uniquely to mental health:mindfulness and gratitude relate more to reduced distress,gratitude and forgiveness to enhanced well-being,and mindfulness and forgiveness to better emotion regulation.Together,they form a complementary virtues profile that supports psychological flourishing and may inform future virtue-based prevention and intervention programs.
文摘Adolescents academic success is shaped by resilience,emotion regulation,and social support,yet cross-cultural differences in these processes remain underexplored.This study investigated the latent mediating effect among psychological resilience,emotion regulation,academic self-efficacy,and perceived social support in Chinese and Ghanaian adolescents.Using multigroup structural equation modeling(MSEM)with a sample of 2000 participants,the study tested hypotheses on measurement invari-ance,structural associations,mediation,and moderated mediation.Results from measurement invariance tests confirmed that the constructs were comparable across groups,with good fit indices(CFI≥0.90,RMSEA≤0.07)supporting configural,metric,and scalar invariance.Structural path analyses revealed significant positive associations among all constructs,with effects generally stronger among Chinese adolescents.It was found that the relationship between resilience and emotion regulation was higher in China than in Ghana.Mediation analyses further indicated that emotion regulation and social support transmitted the influence of resilience on academic self-efficacy,with single mediators explaining 20%-28%of the variance and the total in-direct effect accounting for 48%.Emotion regulation emerged as the strongest mediator.Moderated mediation analyses showed that these pathways were more pronounced in China(total indirect effect:B=0.37 vs.0.20;index=0.17,95%CI=[0.07,0.29],p<0.01),reflecting cultural emphases on emotional control,academic diligence,and structured social networks.Findings highlight the importance of considering cultural context in adolescent development research.Contextually relevant psychological and educational interventions are recommended to strengthen resilience,emotion regulation,and support systems in both China and Ghana.
基金supported by Sichuan Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholar Fund,2023NSFSC1938National Natural Science Foundation of China,NSFC31871103,NSFC31971018.
文摘Emotion regulation choice(ERC)requires cognitive control resources.However,it remains unknown whether and how individuals'internal resource levels may influence their ERC.To address this question,51 participants first performed a depletion or non-depletion cognitive task.Then,they were presented with negative pictures of high and low intensity and were required to choose distraction or reappraisal,to regulate their emotion,or watch(no regulation)the negative stimulus.The results indicated that individuals showed a greater usage preference for distraction in high-intensity emotional situations.Besides,individuals'choice of reappraisal was not affected by emotional intensity.More importantly,the depletion effects led to a significant increase in the choice of watch and reduced the choice of distraction(but not reappraisal).These results suggest that cognitive depletion weakens emotion regulation willingness and has different effects on distraction and reappraisal.
文摘Introduction Religious chanting and praying are widely practiced activities believed to alleviate negative emotions and stress.However,the neural mechanisms underlying these practices and their temporal courses are not well understood.Recent studies have begun to explore these mechanisms by using various neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques,revealing intriguing insights into how repetitive religious chanting modulates brain responses to fearand stress-provoking stimuli.The following are the summaries of three articles related to the above-mentioned topic published by the Buddhist Practices and Counselling Science Lab,Centre of Buddhist Studies,The University of Hong Kong.
