Brooding moderates the link between reappraisal and inhibition of negative information

Shimrit Daches, Nilly Mor

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Abstract

The ability to inhibit negative information is associated with emotion regulation (ER). Reduced inhibition of negative information characterises poor ER, which in turn plays a critical role in psychopathology. People engage in multiple ER strategies; some are harmful and others are helpful. However, the interaction between harmful and helpful ER strategies and its link to inhibition of negative information have not been explored. This study examined the joint association between reappraisal, an adaptive ER strategy, and brooding, a maladaptive ER strategy, with inhibition of negative information. Participant's high (N = 81) and low (N = 47) in brooding completed a measure of habitual reappraisal as well as the negative affective priming task, a measure of inhibition bias. As predicted, reappraisal was positively linked with the ability to inhibit negative content. However, this link was moderated by brooding and was found only among low brooders but not among high brooders. The implications of these findings to theories of ER are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)923-934
Number of pages12
JournalCognition and Emotion
Volume29
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Taylor & Francis.

Funding

Correspondence should be addressed to: Shimrit Daches, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] This research was supported by a grant from the Israel Foundation Trustees awarded to Nilly Mor.

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Israel Foundation Trustees

    Keywords

    • Emotion regulation
    • Inhibition
    • Reappraisal
    • Rumination
    • brooding

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