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Brief report: Cross-sectional interactions between expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal and its relationship with depressive symptoms in autism spectrum disorder
Research in autism spectrum disorders, Vol.45, pp.1-8
01/2018
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Abstract
Background. The aim of this study was to explore and characterize the nature of the inter-relationship between cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms.
Method: One hundred and twenty-one adolescents and adults with ASD aged 14-79 years (M-age = 32.18; SDage = 15.71) completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire -9, and Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short (AQ-Short). Individuals were recruited into two nation-wide studies. Participants self-reported a clinical diagnosis of ASD and had an AQ-Short score above the suggested cut-off of 65. Correlation and regression analyses, independent -samples t -tests, Kruskal-Wallis, and post-hoc Mann-Whitney U tests were conducted.
Results: Higher depression levels were related to high suppression and low reappraisal use. Both suppression and reappraisal predicted variance in symptoms of depression over and above ASD traits. Individuals who self -reported high suppression and low reappraisal use expressed higher depressive symptoms than individuals who reported high use of both suppression and reappraisal.
Conclusions: This is the first study in ASD that aimed to characterize the interactions between adaptive (reappraisal) and maladaptive (suppression) strategy use. Our results demonstrate that reappraisal may serve as a protective factor for mental health in individuals who habitually use maladaptive strategies such as suppression.
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- Title
- Brief report: Cross-sectional interactions between expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal and its relationship with depressive symptoms in autism spectrum disorder
- Creators
- Ru Ying Cai - La Trobe UniversityAmanda L. Richdale - La Trobe UniversityKitty-Rose Foley - UNSW SydneyJulian Trollor - UNSW SydneyMirko Uljarevic - La Trobe University
- Publication Details
- Research in autism spectrum disorders, Vol.45, pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 3.016 / Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC); Australian Government; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Programme
- Identifiers
- 991013099080002368
- Copyright
- © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Allied Health and Midwifery; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article