When one does not have hypotheses regarding
specific emotion regulation strategies, it is recommended to use the higher - order scales as these are more comprehensive and more reliable than the primary scales.
Nevertheless, the wide range of strategies covered by the FEEL - KJ also allows to investigate the influence of
specific emotion regulation strategies.
We test whether there are age differences in the beliefs people hold about
specific emotion regulation strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation and whether profiles of emotion beliefs vary by age.
Not exact matches
Research on
emotion regulation within the domain of interpersonal problem solving suggests that older adults prioritize managing their
emotions during problem solving and that the
specific emotion - focused
strategies that they use are more effective when dealing with emotionally charged problems compared with those employed by younger individuals (Blanchard - Fields, 2007; Blanchard - Fields, Chen, & Norris, 1997; Blanchard - Fields, Jahnke, & Camp, 1995; Blanchard - Fields, Stein, & Watson, 2004).
A measure such as Gross and John's (2003)
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire would have been useful in the current study as we could have observed what
specific strategies — suppression or reappraisal — older and younger rapid regulators and nonregulators prefer to use.
Because of this, the FEEL - KJ is not restricted to
emotion regulation strategies that are part of a
specific theoretical framework but instead includes a wide range of
strategies children and adolescents commonly use.
Results: Compared to the healthy control group, all clinical groups (BD, Unipolar Depression, and Anxiety) reported significantly greater overall difficulties in
emotion regulation (Total DERS) and difficulties
specific to the DERS subcomponent measures: Goals, Impulse, and
Strategies.
The
strategies (in both behavioral domains and
emotion regulation) learnt in infancy, constitute an adaptive advantage because they promote faster and more
specific responses within the EEA.
This allows clinical practitioners to get a detailed overview of the
emotion regulation strategies that are used by a
specific child or adolescent.
Our findings were consistent with our hypothesis about the
specific association between beliefs about
emotions and
regulation strategies.
In addition, to get a detailed overview of the relation between the FEEL - KJ and psychological distress, future research should examine whether the different FEEL - KJ
emotion regulation strategies are related to
specific psychopathologies or whether they are related transdiagnostically to psychopathology [6].