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KMID : 0981220120120010077
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2012 Volume.12 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.95
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The relationship between negative affectivity, depression, and anxiety: mediational role of experiential avoidance and cognitive reappraisal
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Ye Mi-Suk
Oh Kyung-Ja
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Abstract
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Negative affectivity (NA), conceptualized as temperamental sensitivity to negative stimuli, is one of the strongest predictors of anxiety and depression. The aim of this study is to find out whether emotion regulation strategies mediate the effects of NA on depression and anxiety. Specifically this research focused on two emotion regulation strategies that have received considerable research attention: experiential avoidance and cognitive reappraisal. 295 undergraduate students completed self report questionnaires which consisted of ATQ-SF, AAQ-II, ERQ, CES-D, and BAI. The results showed that NA was strongly related to experiential avoidance whereas the correlation between NA and cognitive reappraisal did not reach the statistical significance. Experiential avoidance fully mediated the relationship between NA and depression, and partially mediated the relationship between NA and anxiety. These results strongly support the role of emotional regulation strategies, experiential avoidance in particular, in the increased vulnerability of high NA people to anxiety and depression and suggest that more attention needs to be paid to experiential avoidance in designing intervention programs for those with high negative affectivity.
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KEYWORD
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negative affectivity, experiential avoidance, cognitive reappraisal, depression, anxiety
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