1. Prospective Effects of Emotion-Regulation Skills on Emotional Adjustment.
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Berking, Matthias, Orth, Ulrich, Wupperman, Peggilee, Meier, Laurenz L., and Caspar, Franz
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EMOTIONS , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *MENTAL health , *ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder , *BORDERLINE personality disorder , *STRUCTURAL equation modeling , *ANXIETY , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors - Abstract
Deficits in emotion-regulation skills have widely been shown to be associated with poor emotional adjustment. However, it is still unclear whether these deficits are a cause or a consequence of poor adjustment. The purpose of the present research was to clarify the reciprocal effects between these 2 concepts. In 2 studies (Ns = 446 and 635), self-reports of emotion regulation and emotional adjustment were assessed twice with a 2-week interval. Cross-lagged regression analyses demonstrated that self- reports of emotion regulation predicted subsequent adjustment, over and above the effects of previous adjustment, whereas emotional adjustment did not predict subsequent emotion regulation. Thus, a focus on emotion-regulation skills may be important in the prevention and treatment of affect-related mental health problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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