The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship of Beliefs about Emotion and Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy with Social Anxiety

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Objective: According to cognitive models, maladaptive beliefs play a major role in social anxiety disorder and can lead to dysfunctional behavioral reactions and emotion dysregulation. This study examines the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies in the relationship of beliefs about emotions and emotion regulation self-efficacy with social anxiety.  Method: 650 college students from Yazd University (Iran) were selected by cluster sampling and filled out the Implicit Theories of Emotion Scale (ITES; 2007), Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy scale (RESE; 1999), Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS; 1992), and the short-form Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; 2002). Results: The initially hypothesized model had a poor fit. By merging the manifest variables of refocus on planning with reappraisal, refocusing with putting into perspective (for adaptive emotion regulation), and combining rumination and catastrophizing (for maladaptive emotion regulation), the fit of the model became optimal, and all the direct paths became significant. The final model was a partial mediation model, confirming the mediating role of adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship of beliefs about emotions and emotion regulation self-efficacy with social anxiety. Conclusion: The results showed that beliefs about emotions affect the utilization of efficient emotion regulation strategies and can be a risk factor for social anxiety.

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volume 11  issue 4

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