Cognitive reappraisal attenuates the association between depressive symptoms and emotional response to stress during adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Depression is associated with increased emotional response to stress. This is especially the case during the developmental period of adolescence. Cognitive reappraisal is an effective emotion regulation strategy that has been shown to reduce the impact of emotional response on psychopathology. However, less is known about whether cognitive reappraisal impacts the relationship between depressive symptoms and emotional responses, and whether its effects are specific to emotional reactivity or emotional recovery. The current study examined whether cognitive reappraisal moderated the relationship between depressive symptoms and trait or state measures of emotional reactivity and recovery. A community sample of 127 adolescents (M-age = 15.28; 49% female, 47% Caucasian), at an age of risk for de

SUBMITTER: Shapero BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature