Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies as Mediators between Resilience and Stress during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(19)2022 Oct 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2066025
ABSTRACT
(1) Background:
Although there is accumulating evidence for the associations between resilience, emotion regulation and stress, little is known about the mechanisms of these relations. To extend the existing research, the present study examined cognitive emotion regulation strategies as one potential mechanism between trait resilience and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2)Methods:
Young adults (N = 266; M = 20.05; SD = 3.93) were invited to fill out questionnaires that assessed trait resilience, cognitive emotion regulation strategies and perceived stress. (3)Results:
The results showed that resilience was negatively associated with perceived stress and with self-blame, catastrophizing and rumination, and positively associated with positive reappraisal, focus on planning, positive refocus and putting into perspective. Stress was positively associated with self-blame, catastrophizing, rumination, other-blame and acceptance, and negatively associated with positive reappraisal and positive refocus. Moreover, positive refocus, rumination, catastrophizing and self-blame partially explained the associations between trait resilience and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. (4)Conclusions:
These findings highlight the potential utility of targeting cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the development and implementation of preventive interventions for reducing stress during highly challenging situations.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Emotional Regulation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph191912631
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