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The Relationship between Cognitive Reappraisal and Mental Health in the Context of Resilience : An Experience Sampling Study
Schwabe, Jenny (2022) The Relationship between Cognitive Reappraisal and Mental Health in the Context of Resilience : An Experience Sampling Study.
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| Abstract: | The adaptive nature of cognitive reappraisal on mental health through beneficial effects on affective states has repeatedly been expressed in cross-sectional studies. However, emerging ESM studies conveyed mixed findings, expressing that reappraisal does not show a consistent pattern in relation to negative affect. Moreover, reappraisal has been linked to resilience. The current study examined the moderating effects of reappraisal on the association between stressful events and negative affect by employing Experience Sampling Methodology. Moreover, it was investigated whether daily reappraisal use differs among less versus more trait resilient individuals. Participants (n=60, mean age=23) were asked to self-report stressful events, state negative affect and momentary reappraisal use four times a day for two weeks using the application Ethica Data. Additionally, a baseline assessment of mental health, depression symptoms, trait reappraisal and resilience was administered. For the moderation analysis, multilevel modeling was employed while an independent-samples t-test was conducted to assess differences in state reappraisal for the less and more resilient groups. A significant negative moderation effect of reappraisal on the association between stressful events and negative affect (b=-.123, p<.001) was found. No significant differences in reappraisal use were observed for less versus more resilient individuals (p=.42). Results suggest that reappraisal shows to have beneficial moderating effects on negative affect in the context of stressful events. As reappraisal frequency does not show to significantly differ between less and more resilient groups, it is suggested to explore alternative mechanisms in which reappraisal possibly promotes resilience, i.e. through reappraisal quality. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91451 |
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