Longitudinal impacts of emotion regulation on emerging adults: Variable- and person-centered approaches

Brewer, Stephanie K.; Zahniser, Evan; Conley, Colleen S.

doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2016.09.002

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“…This finding suggests that a substantial proportion of emerging adults (21% of participants in this study) may experience or report heightened emotionality in response to the everyday stressful experiences that occur during this developmental period. This is consistent with developmental research that describes adolescence and emerging adulthood as a time of heightened emotionality, with the most vulnerable of youth experiencing the onset of affective disorders if they are unable to regulate (or co‐regulate with parents and peers) their intense emotional experiences (Allen & Miga, ; Brewer et al , ; Turpyn et al , ; Zalewski et al , ; Zimmer‐Gembeck, ). What was most problematic for this group was the use of rumination in response to the rejection vignettes (where they were similarly high as compared to the disorganized unregulated and anxious unregulated groups).…”

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“…Person-centred approaches to attachment and emotion regulation While we could locate no previous study that has relied on a person-centred approach to examining attachment and ER, we did locate three studies (Brewer et al, 2016;Turpyn et al, 2015;Zalewski et al, 2011) that used a person-centred approach to identify clusters of individuals with differing ER profiles. More specifically, consistent across these studies was a 4-cluster solution including a high dysregulation profile, a suppressed or under-reactive profile, a mixed but responsive profile and a wellregulated (or adaptive ER) profile.…”

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Attachment and emotion regulation: A person‐centred examination and relations with coping with rejection, friendship closeness, and emotional adjustment

Gardner

Zimmer‐Gembeck

Campbell

2019

British J of Dev Psycho

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Guided by attachment theory of emotion regulation (ER), the current study utilized a person‐centred approach to identify clusters of individuals that differed in their attachment representations and ER, and further examined individual differences in socio‐emotional functioning based on these profiles. Participants included 658 emerging adults (M = 19.9, SD = 2.7, 65.5% female) who completed surveys measuring responses to rejection, friendship closeness, and emotional maladjustment. Five clusters were identified: secure regulated (19%), disorganized unregulated (21%), anxious unregulated (16%), emotive (21%), and avoidant suppressor (22%). Each group displayed unique patterns, with the secure regulated group reporting significantly less withdrawal, retribution, rumination, and emotional maladjustment, and the disorganized unregulated group reporting the poorest functioning across all indicators. Significant cluster × sex effects were also found for friendship closeness. These findings suggest the importance of considering attachment and ER, and implications for attachment theory and development are discussed. What is already known on this subject? Insecure attachment representations are a significant risk factor for poorer outcomes across development. Hyperactivating and deactivating strategies are maladaptive responses to coping with emotional threat. These strategies are an extension of the internal working model and positive correlates of poorer functioning. What does this study add? Previous studies have over‐relied on variable‐centred approaches to replicate findings of attachment theory. A person‐centred approach allowing for the joint consideration of patterns of both attachment and ER strategies. The identification of five novel profiles revealing unique differences in three important domains of functioning.

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confidence: 84%

Section: Statement Of Contributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attachment and emotion regulation: A person‐centred examination and relations with coping with rejection, friendship closeness, and emotional adjustment

Gardner

Zimmer‐Gembeck

Campbell

2019

British J of Dev Psycho

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“…The latter result shows that individuals with skin diseases who reduce negative emotions through cognitive change report less psychological symptoms. This finding is consistent with a previous study showing that the use of reappraisal predicted lower levels of psychological symptoms in college students ( Brewer et al, 2016 ). Therefore, according to the literature ( Werner and Gross, 2010 ), reappraisal can be considered an adaptive emotion regulation strategy.…”

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Positive Psychological Factors Are Associated With Better Spiritual Well-Being and Lower Distress in Individuals With Skin Diseases

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In this study we examined whether aspects of positive functioning [reappraisal, sense of coherence (SOC), and positivity] were associated with spiritual well-being and psychological distress after controlling for negative functioning (skin-related symptoms, type of disease, and expressive suppression) in individuals with skin diseases. We also examined whether negative functioning aspects were linked to spiritual well-being and distress when controlling for aspects of positive functioning. The study used a cross-sectional design with a sample of 192 individuals with psoriasis and systemic sclerosis (SSc) ( M age = 51.6 years, SD = 16.5). Two hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to determine whether spiritual well-being and psychological distress were accounted for by skin-related symptoms, type of disease, emotion regulation strategies, SOC, and positivity. Positivity was the most important contributor to better spiritual well-being, followed by both the comprehensibility/manageability and meaningfulness SOC subscales, after controlling for the other variables. High skin-related symptoms and expressive suppression were associated with lower psychological distress, whereas high SOC and reappraisal correlated with higher psychological distress. The findings of this study pave the way for further research on how SOC and positivity may reduce the effects of both skin-related symptoms and emotion dysregulation and facilitate spiritual well-being of individuals with skin diseases. Interventions aimed to enhance inner resources of these individuals and help them to find a meaning in their experience of skin disease might reduce psychological distress and improve spiritual well-being. Our findings suggest that healthcare professionals should consider positive functioning aspects in future interventions for individuals with skin diseases.

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“…Studies conducted in the last decade evidenced the relation between emerging adults’ emotion regulation and health outcomes [7,41,42]. Among the emotion regulation strategies researched in the field, such as rumination, acceptance, catastrophizing, and savoring [14,43,44], cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emerged as two widely-investigated strategies [2] associated with physical health, mental health, and social well-being [40,41]. Cognitive reappraisal refers to the process involving a reinterpretation of the meaning of an emotional stimulus and subsequently, leading to a change of the initial trajectory of an emotional response [45].…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults’ adjustment: The mediating role of emotion regulation

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The present study tested a theoretical model of emotion regulation between parent-offspring dynamics and emerging adults’ adjustment. The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, were investigated for the effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults’ adjustment. A sample of 352 Chinese emerging adults in Hong Kong (230 female, 121 male) participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on structural equation modeling indicated that greater mother-offspring intimacy and father-offspring intimacy predicted emerging adults’ better cognitive reappraisal and psychological, social, and general health. Greater mother-offspring conflict also predicted more expressive suppression and poorer psychological and social functioning. Distinctive mediation pathways as a function of parents’ gender were identified. These findings enrich the literature for parent-offspring dynamics and emotion regulation as explanatory processes of emerging adults’ adjustment.

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Longitudinal impacts of emotion regulation on emerging adults: Variable- and person-centered approaches

Cited by 72 publications

References 55 publications

Attachment and emotion regulation: A person‐centred examination and relations with coping with rejection, friendship closeness, and emotional adjustment

Attachment and emotion regulation: A person‐centred examination and relations with coping with rejection, friendship closeness, and emotional adjustment

Positive Psychological Factors Are Associated With Better Spiritual Well-Being and Lower Distress in Individuals With Skin Diseases

Effects of mother-offspring and father-offspring dynamics on emerging adults’ adjustment: The mediating role of emotion regulation

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