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The Role of Distress Tolerance in the Use of Specific Emotion Regulation Strategies
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The present study evaluated the role of distress tolerance (DT), defined as the ability to tolerate negative emotional states, in the use of four specific emotion regulation strategies (suppression, avoidance, rumination, and reappraisal). Undergraduate psychology students (N = 431, 71.7% female; Mage = 19.80 years, SD= 3.71) completed self-report measures online for course credit. It was hypothesized that, after controlling for the effects of anxiety sensitivity and negative affectivity, DT would be negatively associated with suppression, avoidance, and rumination, and positively associated with reappraisal. Consistent with prediction, low DT significantly predicted greater use of suppression, avoidance, and rumination. However, contrary to prediction, DT did not significantly predict reappraisal. These results suggest that individuals who are unable to withstand negative emotions are more likely to use maladaptive regulation strategies.
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“Further, individuals with low DT may demonstrate more “maladaptive” ER strategies (e.g., rumination, avoidance, emotion suppression) than individuals with high DT (Jeffries et al., 2016; Naragon-Gainey et al., 2017).”
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“studies have shown that low distress tolerance significantly predicts the use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, including the suppression of emotions, avoidance, rumination and substance abuse”
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- Authors
- Jeffries, E. R., McLeish, A. C., Kraemer, K. M., Avallone, K. M., & Fleming, J. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Corresponding author
- McLeish, Alison C.
- Venue
- Behavior Modification
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-12-08
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 439-451
- ISSN
- 0145-4455 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4167
- OpenAlex
- W2216480565
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 6.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavior Modification (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5ul1rr026314-03)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1-RR026314)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- distress tolerance, emotion regulation strategies, emotional suppression, avoidance, rumination, cognitive reappraisal, anxiety sensitivity, negative affectivity, maladaptive emotion regulation, negative emotions
- MeSH terms
- Emotional Adjustment, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Avoidance Learning, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Young Adult, Self Report
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