Trait emotion regulation strategies and diurnal cortisol profiles in healthy adults.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Experimental studies have shown that 2 emotion regulation strategies-suppression and reappraisal-are associated with differential profiles of physiological activation in response to a stress test. The present study aims to add to those findings by investigating whether individual differences in trait emotion regulation strategies are associated with diurnal cortisol patterns in a naturalistic context. METHOD:A sample of 46 men and women from the Midlife in the United States II (MIDUS II) study completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and provided 4 salivary cortisol samples per day over 4 consecutive days. Trait reappraisal and suppression were tested as predictors of 3 cortisol parameters averaged across days: cortisol awakening response (CAR), diurnal cortisol slope

SUBMITTER: Otto LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837936 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature