Investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation in mothers

被引:25
作者
Rutherford, Helena J. V. [1 ]
Booth, Cortney R. [1 ]
Crowley, Michael J. [1 ]
Mayes, Linda C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Yale Child Study Ctr, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
关键词
Emotion regulation; working memory; motherhood; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; DYSREGULATION; EXPRESSION; CAPACITY; ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FREQUENCY; PROGRAM;
D O I
10.1080/20445911.2015.1075542
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Recent work suggests that executive functions, specifically working memory, may facilitate emotion regulation (ER). Here we examined whether measures of visuospatial working memory and verbal working memory relate to ER in a group of recent mothers. We found that while visuospatial working memory was associated with, and predictive of, self-reported measures of ER and emotion dysregulationverbal working memory was correlated to only one dimension of emotion dysregulation. These findings suggest that working memory may play a unique role in everyday regulatory functioning. We frame our results in terms of the broader implications they may have for the potential role of executive functioning in parenting.
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