Gender and age differences in emotion regulation strategies and their relationship to depressive symptoms
Gender and age differences in emotion regulation strategies and their relationship to depressive symptoms
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.012
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发表时间：
2011-10-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Aldao, Amelia
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作者：
Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan;Aldao, Amelia
我们考察了男性和女性以及年轻人、中年人和老年人在情绪调节策略(沉思、压抑、重新评价、解决问题、接受、社会支持)方面的差异，以及这些策略与抑郁症状之间的关系。女性比男性更有可能报告使用几种不同的情绪调节策略，即使在对抑郁症状的性别差异进行统计控制后，这些性别差异也是显著的。大多数策略的使用随着年龄的增长而减少，但有两个例外：(1)压抑的使用对女性来说随着年龄的增长而增加，而对男性没有；(2)对女性来说，接受的使用并没有随着年龄的增长而减少。在所有年龄组和性别中，使用适应不良策略与更多的抑郁症状有关，然而，使用适应策略通常与不同组之间较低的抑郁症状无关。(C)2011爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
We examined differences between men and women, and between young, middle and older age adults in emotion regulation strategies (rumination, suppression, reappraisal, problem-solving, acceptance, social support) and the relationships between these strategies and depressive symptoms. Women were more likely than men to report using several different emotion regulation strategies, and these gender differences were significant even after statistically controlling for gender differences in depressive symptoms. Use of most strategies decreased with age, with two exceptions: (1) use of suppression increased with age for women but not for men and (2) use of acceptance did not decrease with age for women. Use of maladaptive strategies was associated with more depressive symptoms in all age groups and both genders, yet, the use of adaptive strategies generally was not related to lower levels depressive symptoms across groups. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.