Individual differences in self-reported self-control predict successful emotion regulation.

ABSTRACT: Both self-control and emotion regulation enable individuals to adapt to external circumstances and social contexts, and both are assumed to rely on the overlapping neural resources. Here, we tested whether high self-reported self-control is related to successful emotion regulation on the behavioral and neural level. One hundred eight participants completed three self-control questionnaires and regulated their negative emotions during functional magnetic resonance imaging using reappraisal (distancing). Trait self-control correlated positively with successful emotion regulation both subjectively and neurally, as indicated by online ratings of negative emotions and functional connectivity strength between the amygdala and prefrontal areas, respectively. This stronger overall connectivity of

SUBMITTER: Paschke LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967798 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature