Prediction of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Based on Early Maladaptive Schemas and Alexithymia

Document Type : Empirical Studies

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Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the relationships between early maladaptive schemas, alexithymia and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population was comprised of all the students of the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran, in the second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year (N = 10,000). Of this population, 380 students (n=204 females; n=176 males) were selected by using the convenience sampling method. For data collection, the Toronto alexithymia scale, the Young's early maladaptive schema questionnaire, and the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed using the matrix regression procedure in SPSS 26. The results demonstrated that there is a significant positive association between early maladaptive schemas, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and difficulties in emotion regulation. Based on these findings, it was concluded that early maladaptive schemas that are formed in childhood led to alexithymia in individuals, which in turn affects the strategies that individuals use for cognitive emotion regulation.

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