Examining the influence of two emotion regulation strategies on anxiety in Chinese college students: insights from cross-lagged and moderated network models

被引：1

作者：

Zou, Xinyuan ^{[1
,2
]}

Lv, Yichao ^{[1
,2
]}

Tang, Qihui ^{[1
,2
]}

Wang, Shujian ^{[1
,2
]}

Liu, Xinze ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhang, Liang ^{[3
]}

Tao, Yanqiang ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhou, Jingyi ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

[2] Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Psychol Educ, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

[3] Northeast Agr Univ, Coll Students Mental Hlth Educ Ctr, Harbin 150030, Peoples R China

[4] China Agr Univ, Coll Humanities & Dev, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China

来源：

BMC PSYCHOLOGY | 2025年 / 13卷 / 01期

关键词：

Anxiety; Emerging adulthood; Cross-lagged model; Moderated network model; Symptomatic perspective; EXPRESSIVE SUPPRESSION; SOCIAL ANXIETY; PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION; MENTAL-HEALTH; DISORDERS; METAANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; YOUTH; LIFE;

D O I：

10.1186/s40359-025-02388-7

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

BackgroundAnxiety, a prevalent and detrimental mental disorder, usually emerges in late adolescence and emerging adulthood. Emotion regulation strategies, namely expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal, share a close relation with the onset and maintenance of anxiety. Yet the relation between anxiety and emotion regulation strategies remains controversial and warrants further clarification. MethodsThe generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) was used to measure the anxiety disorders and the emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ) was utilized to assess the use of two emotion regulation strategies. In study 1, a total of 2201 college students completed two measurement waves (females = 1358, 61.70%, Mage = 18.37). The cross-lagged model was conducted to identify the directional relation between two emotion regulation strategies and anxiety. In study 2, 3150 college students (females = 1562, 49.59%, Mage = 19.73) completed the measurements. The moderated network model was utilized to clarify the influence of emotion regulation strategy on anxiety from the symptomatic perspective. ResultsIn study 1, the results of the cross-lagged model suggested that the level of anxiety in wave 2 could be negatively predicted by the cognitive reappraisal (b = -0.552, p < .01) but not by expressive suppression (b = 0.035, p = .174) in wave 1. In study 2, the results of the moderated network indicated that cognitive reappraisal could moderate the interaction between "Excessive worry"-"Irritability", "Nervousness" -"Uncontrollable worry", "Trouble relaxing"-"Nervousness" (GAD1) ,and "Restlessness" -"Irritability". ConclusionsThe current study confirmed cognitive reappraisal could serve as a protective factor for anxiety by diminishing the positive relation between "Excessive worry"-"Irritability" and "Nervousness" -"Uncontrollable worry". This finding may guide clinical workers to develop more targeted interventions using cognitive reappraisal to alleviate anxiety symptoms.

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