Department of Psychology, University of Washington.
J Couns Psychol. 2008 Oct;55(4):485-94. doi: 10.1037/a0013589.
Deficits in emotion-regulation skills have widely been shown to be associated with poor emotional adjustment. However, it is still unclear whether these deficits are a cause or a consequence of poor adjustment. The purpose of the present research was to clarify the reciprocal effects between these 2 concepts. In 2 studies (Ns = 446 and 635), self-reports of emotion regulation and emotional adjustment were assessed twice with a 2-week interval. Cross-lagged regression analyses demonstrated that self-reports of emotion regulation predicted subsequent adjustment, over and above the effects of previous adjustment, whereas emotional adjustment did not predict subsequent emotion regulation. Thus, a focus on emotion-regulation skills may be important in the prevention and treatment of affect-related mental health problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
情绪调节技能缺陷与不良情绪调节广泛相关。然而，这些缺陷是不良调整的原因还是后果仍不清楚。本研究的目的是澄清这两个概念之间的相互影响。在两项研究（N1=446，N2=635）中，情绪调节和情绪调整的自我报告在两周的间隔内进行了两次评估。交叉滞后回归分析表明，情绪调节的自我报告预测了随后的调整，超过了先前调整的影响，而情绪调整则不能预测随后的情绪调节。因此，关注情绪调节技能对于预防和治疗与情绪相关的心理健康问题可能很重要。（APA，2010，所有权利保留）。
