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

项目总结 本R15研究促进奖的目标是阐明 认知再评价作为情绪调节的执行功能 策略。认知再评价是认知治疗和认知行为研究中的一个关键过程 治疗(CBT)，焦虑和抑郁的一线治疗，但个人并不总是 成功实施重新评估。我们建议执行功能，一套更高的- 对认知能力的排序，可能部分低估了对成功的重新评价。这个项目的创新之处在于 我们将使用经验在自然主义的背景下评估重新评估能力(即成功) 抽样方法论(ESM)，一种以前未被用于研究的相对较新的方法 重估能力。以前的研究依赖于实验室内的评估，它具有很强的内部 效度，但由于受控的实验室环境和狭窄的刺激，可能缺乏外部效度 在日常生活中研究重新评估的效果的能力有限。除了这些之外， 科学目标，该项目强调发展机构研究基础设施和 通过与ESM相关的意向性和嵌入性培训培训学生 接近了。通过对150名成年人进行多样化、特征明确、以社区为基础的样本，我们将 用ESM评估再评价对日常生活应激源情绪反应的影响。我们 我还将在日常生活中检查执行功能和重新评估能力之间的关系 生活。通过利用ESM和已建立的实验室内重新评估范例，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，此方法将用于 研究重新评估可能会影响这一领域未来的研究。此外，调查结果可能会让人们 干预优化。例如，如果执行功能的特定方面(例如，受限 抑制或转移)损害重新评估的使用，干预可以通过 增加针对执行职能的有针对性的培训。

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.