The Influence of Executive Function on Emotion Regulation Strategy Use Tendency and Emotion Regulation Effect

  • LIU Fang ,
  • HUO Rui ,
  • HAN Chengcheng ,
  • WANG Meiyi ,
  • YANG Haibo
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  • 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
    3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387;
    4. Jinghai Affiliated School of Beijing Normal University, Tianjin 301699

Received date: 2021-07-22

  Online published: 2022-05-20

Abstract

In order to explore the role of executive function in emotion regulation, two studies were conducted to explore the influence of executive function on emotion regulation strategy use tendency and the emotion regulation effect. In Study 1, executive function tasks and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used to investigate the relationship between executive function and the use tendency of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. In Study 2, executive function tasks and emotion regulation task were used to investigate the influence of executive function on the effect of emotion regulation. The results indicate that the participants with lower executive function have the tendency to choose expressive suppression, and the participants with high executive function can regulate emotion more effectively.

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LIU Fang , HUO Rui , HAN Chengcheng , WANG Meiyi , YANG Haibo . The Influence of Executive Function on Emotion Regulation Strategy Use Tendency and Emotion Regulation Effect[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(3) : 382 -389 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.03.014

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