Examining the Relationships Between Perceived Social Support and Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Emotional Reactivity

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate how emotional reactivity is affected by adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation and perceived social support. Participants consisted of 400 university students, 262 of which were female (65.5%) and 138 (34.5%) were male. The data of the study were collected using the "Demographic Information Form", "Emotional Reactivity Scale", "Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support" and "Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale". T-test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analyzes were used in the analysis of the data. The findings show that reactivity, a sub-dimension of emotional reactivity, is higher in males and there are significant relationships between the sub-dimensions of perceived social support, cognitive emotion regulation and emotional reactivity. It was found that family, positive refocusing, refocusing on plan, and positive reappraisal had a positive effect on predicting the sub-dimensions of emotional reactivity. Rumination and putting into perspective were found to have a negative effect. In conclusion, the research showed the positive effect of perceived family support and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the negative effect of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in explaining emotional reactivity. The results were discussed in the light of the relevant literature and suggestions were presented.

Keywords

• perceived social support
• cognitive emotion regulation
• emotional reactivity

Algılanan Sosyal Destek ve Bilişsel Duygu Düzenleme ile Duygusal Tepkisellik Arasındaki İlişkilerin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı duygusal tepkiselliğin uyumlu ve uyumsuz bilişsel duygu düzenleme ve algılanan sosyal desteğin türlerinden nasıl etkilendiğini ortaya koymaktır. Katılımcılar 262’si kadın (%65.5), 138’i ise erkek (%34.5) 400 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmaya ait veriler “Demografik Bilgi Formu”, “Duygusal Tepkisellik Ölçeği”, “Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği” ve “Bilişsel Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde t-test, Pearson korelasyon analizi ve çoklu regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, duygusal tepkiselliğin alt boyutu olan tepkiselliğin erkeklerde daha yüksek düzeyde olduğunu ve algılanan sosyal destek, bilişsel duygu düzenleme ve duygusal tepkisellik değişkenlerinin alt boyutları arasında anlamlı ilişkiler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Duygusal tepkiselliğin alt boyutlarının yordanmasında aile, olumlu yeniden odaklanma, plana yeniden odaklanma ve olumlu yeniden gözden geçirmenin pozitif bir etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur. Düşünceye odaklanma ve bakış açısına yerleştirmenin ise duygusal tepkiselliğin açıklanmasında negatif bir etkisi olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak araştırma, duygusal tepkiselliğin açıklanmasında algılanan aile desteğinin ve uyumlu bilişsel duygu düzenlemenin pozitif; uyumsuz bilişsel duygu düzenlemenin ise negatif etkisini ortaya koymuştur. Sonuçlar ilgili alanyazın ışığı altında tartışılmış ve öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

• algılanan sosyal destek
• bilişsel duygu düzenleme
• duygusal tepkisellik

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