Examining the Relationship between Executive Functioning and Cognitive Reappraisal Ability in Daily Life

项目摘要 这个R15研究增强奖的目标是阐明的作用和影响， 执行功能与使用认知重评作为情绪调节的关系 战略认知再评价是认知治疗和认知行为治疗中的一个关键过程， 治疗（CBT），焦虑和抑郁的一线治疗，但个人并不总是 成功地进行了重新评估。我们建议执行功能，一套更高的- 顺序认知能力，可能是重新评价成功的部分基础。该项目的创新之处在于， 我们将评估重新评估能力（即，成功）在自然主义的背景下使用经验 抽样方法（ESM），一种相对较新的方法，以前没有用于研究 再评价能力以前的研究依赖于实验室评估，这具有很强的内部 有效性，但由于受控的实验室环境和狭窄的刺激，可能缺乏外部有效性 套，和有限的能力，以研究在日常生活中的影响重新评价。除了这些 该项目强调发展机构研究基础设施， 通过与无害环境管理和相关的有意识和嵌入式培训， 接近。通过150名成年人的多样化，特征鲜明，以社区为基础的样本，我们将 使用ESM评估重新评价对日常生活压力源的情绪反应的影响。我们 此外，还将研究日常生活中执行功能与再评价能力之间的关系。 生活通过利用ESM和已建立的实验室重新评估范式，我们可以建立 评估重新评估能力的ESM方法的基本事实。如果有效，这种方法 研究重新评价可能会影响这一领域的未来研究。此外，调查结果可以告知 干预优化例如，如果执行功能的特定方面（例如，有限 抑制或转移）损害了重新评价的使用，干预可以通过以下方式成功地增强： 增加针对执行功能的培训。

PROJECT SUMMARY The goal of this R15 Research Enhancement Award is to elucidate the role and impact of executive functioning in relation to the use of cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy. Cognitive reappraisal is a key process in cognitive therapies and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the frontline treatment for anxiety and depression, but individuals are not always successful at implementing reappraisal. We propose that executive functioning, a set of higher- order cognitive abilities, may partly underly reappraisal success. This project is innovative in that we will assess reappraisal ability (i.e., success) in a naturalistic context using experience sampling methodology (ESM), a relatively new approach not previously used to study reappraisal ability. Prior research has relied upon in-lab assessment, which has strong internal validity but may lack external validity due to the controlled lab environment and narrow stimulus sets, and limited ability to study the effect of reappraisal in daily life. In addition to these scientific aims, this project emphasizes development of institutional research infrastructure and student training through intentional and embedded training related to ESM and related approaches. With a diverse, well-characterized, community-based sample of 150 adults, we will assess the influence of reappraisal on emotional response to daily life stressors using ESM. We will also examine the relationship between executive functioning and reappraisal ability in daily life. By utilizing both ESM and an established in-lab reappraisal paradigm, we can establish ground truth of the ESM approach to assessing reappraisal ability. If valid, this approach to studying reappraisal could impact future research in this area. Additionally, findings could inform intervention optimization. For example, if specific facets of executive functioning (e.g., limited inhibition or shifting) impair use of reappraisal, intervention may be successfully augmented via the addition of targeted training for executive functioning.