Journal article
Emotion Regulation and the Specific Associations with Health Anxiety
Psychological Studies, Vol.63(4), pp.410-418
2018
Abstract
This study investigated two primary research aims surrounding health anxiety: (a) to examine what differences exist in emotion regulation strategies of health anxious and non-health anxious populations and (b) to investigate what emotion regulation strategies predict health anxiety, before and after controlling for trait cognitive and somatic anxiety. A total of 95 participants of the general population completed a series of online questionnaires. A single factor between groups MANOVA revealed that a health anxious group scored significantly higher in several emotion regulation strategies: distraction, external attribution, emotion expression and acting out; anxiety-related variables: trait cognitive and somatic anxiety; and beliefs about the negative consequences of becoming ill. Hierarchical regressions showed that several emotion regulation strategies were significantly associated with higher levels of health anxiety, before: distraction, external attribution, capitalising, positive reappraisal and emotional expression; and after: external attribution and capitalising, the control of trait anxiety. Overall, the results demonstrated that (a) emotional intelligence and behavioural attempts to understand emotional experiences may be associated with specific health anxiety symptomology, while a lack of effective cognitive strategies and worry may be responsible for the associated trait anxiety dimensions.
Details
- Title
- Emotion Regulation and the Specific Associations with Health Anxiety
- Authors
- Steven Love (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawRachael Sharman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawLee Kannis-Dymand (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Psychological Studies, Vol.63(4), pp.410-418
- Publisher
- Springer (India) Private Ltd.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12646-018-0469-3
- ISSN
- 0033-2968
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451234302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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