Individual differences in resilience to stress are associated with affective flexibility.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive flexibility is frequently linked to resilience because of its important contribution to stress regulation. In this context, particularly affective flexibility, defined as the ability to flexibly attend and disengage from affective information, may play a significant role. In the present study, the relationship of cognitive and affective flexibility and resilience was examined in 100 healthy participants. Resilience was measured with three self-report questionnaires, two defining resilience as a personality trait and one focusing on resilience as an outcome in the sense of stress coping abilities. Cognitive and affective flexibility were assessed in two experimental task switching paradigms with non-affective and affective materials and tasks, respectively. The cognitive flexibili

SUBMITTER: Rademacher L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10366320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature