Relationship of Negative Strategies of Emotion Regulation with Anxiety and Depression in the Students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Structural Relationships Between Negative Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Symptoms of Internet Addiction: Mediating Role of Anxiety

“…However, in regulating these emotions, instead of directing his/her emotions towards useful goals, the person begins to think and behave maladaptively (rumination, catastrophizing, self-blame, and otherblame) regarding these emotions and the related events so that these maladaptive thoughts and behaviors turn into a stable style (13,21) or the person may segregate the content of the experiences from the context of the events and concentrate on their exaggerated consequences; hence, he/she becomes unable to control emotions produced by these thoughts (13,17). In these circumstances, to get rid of or suppress ruminations, catastrophes, self-blame, and other-blame, which all are interconnected with anxiety (13,18), the person tries helplessly to reduce anxiety and get free from emotions arisen from the maladaptive thoughts. Meanwhile, connection to the internet and immersion in unlimited information sources and space can allay the person involved in the experiences of negative emotions (9,14,15).…”

“…A few studies have shown that all of these negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies are related to psychopathologies such as depression, anxiety, drug abuse, and behavioral addictions, including internet addiction (17). In addition, researchers have shown that anxiety is always associated positively with negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies (17,18).…”