Measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation in Japan: the Japanese language NMR scale

Mearns, Jack; Self, Eriko; Kono, Keiko; Sato, Tetsuo; Takashima, Emaka; Tresno, Fiona; Watabe, Yuko; Catanzaro, Salvatore J.

doi:10.1504/ijqre.2016.073675

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“…Much research suggests that those with stronger NMRE cope better with stress. Also, NMRE was modestly correlated with social desirability for Japanese women (Mearns et al, ), such that it may affect the tendency to get social support. By adding personality variables into the path model, further studies can assess influences of long‐standing traits and ER on social functioning.…”

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Emotion Regulation and Middle School Adjustment in Japanese Girls: Mediation by Perceived Social Support

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Prior research has stated that successful emotion regulation (ER) contributes to psychological health and favorable interpersonal relationships. However, few studies have explored adaptive ER strategies in a school setting. The present study targeted Japanese female adolescents and examined the relationship between two specific ER strategies (reappraisal and suppression) and school adjustment, with social support as a mediating variable. Two hundred and seventy Japanese middle school girls completed measures of ER, perceived social support, and subjective school adjustment. The results showed that school adjustment was highest among reappraisers, followed by a balanced group who used both strategies with equal frequency, then suppressors. In addition, reappraisal showed both direct and indirect effects on school adjustment, while suppression showed only a negative indirect effect on school adjustment. Our findings suggest that reappraisal is an effective strategy that promotes receiving social support and consequently enhances school adjustment. Suppression, on the other hand, has neither favorable nor harmful impacts on school adjustment, but may, in the long run, result in poorer adjustment by impairing social relationships among adolescent girls.

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Emotion Regulation and Middle School Adjustment in Japanese Girls: Mediation by Perceived Social Support

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“…In both Germany and the United States, enhancement of NMRE early in cognitive‐behavioural therapy predicts better outcome (Backenstrass et al, ; Cloitre et al, ). Stronger NMRE are associated with less physical and psychological distress in South America, China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea (e.g., Mearns, Park, & Catanzaro, ; Mearns et al, ; Pfeiffer et al, ). For example, NMRE buffered the relationship between childhood maltreatment and symptoms of distress in Japan (Tresno, Ito, & Mearns, ), paralleling Mearns and Mauch ().…”

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Prediction of symptoms of emotional distress by mood regulation expectancies and affective traits

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Three studies examined negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE) and affective traits as independent predictors of self-reported symptoms of emotional distress. NMRE represent individuals' beliefs that they can alleviate unpleasant emotional states. Stronger NMRE are associated with more adaptive coping, more positive cognition during negative moods, more effective responses under stress and less emotional distress. Affective traits represent long-term tendencies toward particular affective experiences; they confer risk for specific symptoms of emotional distress. In Study 1, NMRE, trait negative affect (TNA) and trait positive affect (TPA) were all independently associated with depression among students and staff of a German university. In Study 2, in prospective analyses among U.S. college students traits exhibited hypothesised relationships with anxiety and depressive symptoms, and NMRE uniquely predicted anhedonic depression. Study 3 revealed independent prediction of change in symptoms over time by NMRE among U.S. college students, whereas traits were not associated with change in distress, anxiety and depression symptoms. Results suggest independent roles for NMRE and traits in the development of depression and anxiety symptoms and highlight the importance of NMRE as a potential target of therapeutic intervention in the process of symptom change.

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“…Research findings in Japan and Korea parallel findings in the West: Stronger NMRE are associated with more positive affect, fewer symptoms of psychopathology and less physical and psychological distress in the form of depression and anxiety (Mearns, Park, & Catanzaro, ; Mearns et al, ). Tresno, Ito, and Mearns () found that NMRE moderated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and later self‐injury in a sample of Japanese college students.…”

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“…An interesting cultural note is that the final 32‐items of the NMR‐C more closely resemble the American NMR scale than they do the Japanese version. Although we translated into Chinese all items that Mearns et al () devised for the Japanese scale, during item selection, almost all items pertaining to social obligation were discarded due to their low item‐whole correlations. Although China and Japan are both Asian countries, which are presumed to value interdependence, our findings highlight differences between the two countries in the extent to which mood regulation is a social obligation.…”

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Measuring generalised expectancies for negative mood regulation in China: The Chinese language Negative Mood Regulation scale

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Negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE) represent people's confidence that they can alleviate their negative affect or induce a positive emotional state through thought or action. NMRE predict coping behaviour and mood outcomes for individuals under stress. Since 1990, much research documents the reliability and validity of the English language Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) scale as a measure of NMRE. The current research reports two studies developing a Chinese language translation of the NMR (NMR-C) scale that goes beyond literal translation to be a culturally sensitive measure of NMRE in China. In Study 1, 713 college students from both a major city and a rural setting in China were surveyed. Data support the resulting 32-item NMR-C's reliability (alpha = .88) and validity. The NMR-C showed both direct and indirect links to depression and anxiety; coping mediated the indirect effect. In Study 2, 331 prison police officers in three Chinese provinces participated. NMRE buffered the effect of high role pressure, moderating the relationship between prison police role stress and job engagement. Results of the two studies support the reliability and validity of the Chinese language NMR scale and parallel results found with measures of NMRE in the West and in other Asian countries.

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Measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation in Japan: the Japanese language NMR scale

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Emotion Regulation and Middle School Adjustment in Japanese Girls: Mediation by Perceived Social Support

Emotion Regulation and Middle School Adjustment in Japanese Girls: Mediation by Perceived Social Support

Prediction of symptoms of emotional distress by mood regulation expectancies and affective traits

Measuring generalised expectancies for negative mood regulation in China: The Chinese language Negative Mood Regulation scale

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