Prospective effects of emotion regulation on emotional adjustment

Berking, Matthias; Orth, Ulrich; Wuppermann, Peggilee; Meier, Laurenz L.; Caspar, Franz (2008). Prospective effects of emotion regulation on emotional adjustment. Journal of counseling psychology, 55(4), pp. 485-494. Dubuque, Iowa: American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0013589

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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.

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