Change the things you can: Emotion regulation is more beneficial for people from lower than from higher socioeconomic status
| Autor: | Pareezad Zarolia, Brett Q. Ford, Iris B. Mauss, Kateri McRae, Allison S. Troy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male emotion regulation cognitive reappraisal psychological health Emotions 050109 social psychology Context (language use) PsycINFO Social class Basic Behavioral and Social Science 050105 experimental psychology Article Developmental psychology context Cognitive reappraisal socioeconomic status Young Adult Behavioral and Social Science Humans Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Socioeconomic status General Psychology Depression 05 social sciences Experimental Psychology social sciences Moderation Mental health Mental Health Good Health and Well Being Social Class population characteristics Female Cognitive Sciences Social psychology Mind and Body Cognitive appraisal |
| Zdroj: | Emotion (Washington, D.C.), vol 17, iss 1 |
| Popis: | Emotion regulation is central to psychological health, and several emotion-regulation strategies have been identified as beneficial. However, new theorizing suggests the benefits of emotion regulation should depend on its context. One important contextual moderator might be socioeconomic status (SES), because SES powerfully shapes people's ecology: lower SES affords less control over one's environment and thus, the ability to self-regulate should be particularly important. Accordingly, effectively regulating one's emotions (e.g., using cognitive reappraisal) could be more beneficial in lower (vs. higher) SES contexts. Three studies (N = 429) tested whether SES moderates the link between cognitive reappraisal ability (CRA; measured with surveys and in the laboratory) and depression. Each study and a meta-analysis of the 3 studies revealed that CRA was associated with less depression for lower SES but not higher SES individuals. Thus, CRA may be uniquely beneficial in lower SES contexts. More broadly, the effects of emotion regulation depend upon the ecology within which it is used. (PsycINFO Database Record |
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