Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
890885 Personality and Individual Differences 2013 6 Pages PDF
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.

► Sought to examine the cognitive correlates of Emotion Regulation Difficulties (ERD). ► Examined sex as a moderator of associations between cognitive abilities and ERD. ► For men, inhibition of dominant response tendencies was associated with lower ERD. ► For women, a host of higher-order cognitive abilities were associated with greater ERD.

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