Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Richard Beck
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Cherisse Flanagan
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
David Mosher
Abstract
The role of emotions, specifically emotional regulation, is a hotly contested research area that functions to reveal the core nature of affective-cognitive psychological processes. Specifically, understanding the influences that determine emotional regulation strategy selection in individuals is of particular importance. In this study, the state-trait distinction often applied to specific clinical symptoms is applied in terms of its influence on ER strategy selection. Personality (big five traits) and cognitive styles (vulnerabilities and strengths) are compared to determine which process decides an individual’s regulatory capacities and strategies. The initial prediction that personality would be the largest influence was not founded, but novel connections were discovered between personality and cognitive vulnerabilities/strengths along with a replication of previously found links between personality and emotional regulation. Implications of the findings of state-trait influences as well as future directions are discussed.
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Recommended Citation
Draper, Levi, "Emotional Regulation, Big Five Personality Traits and Cognitive Styles: Differentiating State-Trait Influences on Emotional Regulation" (2021). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 358.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/358