Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ)

Exploring the Relationship Between Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and Social Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies

“…Our results indicated that social modeling—described as one’s attempt to regulate emotions by observing how other people deal with such situations (Sarısoy-Aksüt & Gençöz, 2020 ) is another significant correlate of social anxiety symptoms. This finding is consistent with previous studies that found a positive correlation between social modeling and social anxiety (Hofmann et al, 2016 ; Koç et al, 2019 ). One explanation for this result may be that, because individuals with high social anxiety experience more negative emotions (Farmer & Kashdan, 2012 ), they more often use this strategy.…”

“…Overall, these results are partly consistent with limited studies, which suggest that IER and social anxiety are associated. Consistent with our findings, Hofmann et al ( 2016 ) and Koç et al ( 2019 ) reported that social anxiety symptoms are positively linked to soothing and social modeling. However, contrary to the positive association between perspective-taking and social anxiety reported in both studies, we found that perspective-taking is a negative correlate of social anxiety.…”

“…Moreover, overuse of IER can also be maladaptive, as it reduces one’s sense of control on emotional experiences and makes one dependent on other people (Hofmann, 2014 ). Consistent with these arguments, Hofmann et al ( 2016 ) and Koç et al ( 2019 ) found positive correlations between social anxiety and IER strategies, such as perspective-taking, soothing and social modeling.…”

“…The results of studies examining enhancing positive affect and its relationships with various psychological disturbances indicated that it may not be a maladaptive strategy (Ray-Yol et al, 2020 ). For example, several studies found that enhancing positive affect is negatively associated with depression (Altan-Atalay & Saritas-Atalar, 2019 ; Koç et al, 2019 ), and others found no correlation between enhancing positive affect and various psychological problems, such as depression and anxiety (Gökdağ, 2021 ; Gökdağ & Naldöken, 2021 ; Hofmann et al, 2016 ). In the context of social anxiety, limited studies report no association between enhancing positive affect and social anxiety (Hofmann et al, 2016 ; Koç et al, 2019 ).…”

“…Few studies (e.g. Hofmann et al, 2016 ; Koç et al, 2019 ) and discussions (Hofmann, 2014 ) suggest that IER is associated with SAD; however, the contribution of IER to SAD symptoms and intermediary processes between IER and SAD relationship have yet to be examined. To this aim, we report two studies.…”