Abstract:

Cognitive control capacity (CCC) is an important quantitative indicator for measuring cognitive control ability, reflecting the amount of information that an individual’s brain can process simultaneously per unit of time. To explore the impact of cognitive control capacity on emotion regulation, this study recruited 100 college students and asked them to complete the Majority Function Task-Masked. Based on their cognitive control capacity scores, participants were divided into groups: the top 33% were assigned to the high cognitive control capacity group, and the bottom 33% to the low cognitive control capacity group. In Study 1, both groups completed the Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy Scale to examine the effect of cognitive control capacity on emotion regulation self-efficacy. In Study 2, they completed an emotion regulation task to examine its effect on emotion regulation effectiveness. The results showed that individuals with high cognitive control capacity had higher emotion regulation self-efficacy when regulating emotions such as frustration and distress. Moreover, under high-intensity negative stimulus conditions, the high cognitive control capacity group used cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, and distraction strategies more effectively than the low cognitive control capacity group.

Key words: cognitive control capacity, emotion regulation self-efficacy, emotional regulation effectiveness, emotional regulation strategies

摘要：

认知控制容量是衡量认知控制能力的重要量化指标，反映了个体大脑在单位时间内能够同时处理的信息量。为探讨认知控制容量对情绪调节的影响，本研究招募了100名大学生被试，要求其完成后向掩蔽多数函数任务，并根据任务所得的认知控制容量分数进行分组：得分最高的前33%被试划为高认知控制容量组，得分最低的后33%被试划为低认知控制容量组。在研究1中，两组被试完成情绪调节自我效能感问卷，以考察认知控制容量对情绪调节自我效能感的影响；在研究2中，两组被试完成情绪调节任务，以考察认知控制容量对情绪调节效果的影响。结果发现：高认知控制容量的个体在调节沮丧、痛苦等情绪时，具有更高的情绪调节自我效能感；此外，在高强度负性刺激条件下，相比低认知控制容量组，高认知控制容量组能够更有效地运用认知重评、表达抑制和分心策略进行情绪调节。

关键词: 认知控制容量, 情绪调节自我效能感, 情绪调节效果, 情绪调节策略