title: Cognitive reappraisal and secondary control coping: associations with working memory, positive and negative affect, and symptoms of anxiety/depression.
abstract: The current study examined the relations of measures of cognitive reappraisal and secondary control coping with working memory abilities, positive and negative affect, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in young adults (N=124). Results indicate significant relations between working memory abilities and reports of secondary control coping and between reports of secondary control coping and cognitive reappraisal. Associations were also found between measures of secondary control coping and cognitive reappraisal and positive and negative affect and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Further, the findings suggest that reports of cognitive reappraisal may be more strongly predictive of positive affect whereas secondary control coping may be more strongly predictive of negative affect and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Overall, the results suggest that current measures of secondary control coping and cognitive reappraisal capture related but distinct constructs and suggest that the assessment of working memory may be more strongly related to secondary control coping in predicting individual differences in distress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody 512, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Charissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andreotti
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thigpen
authors.forename: Madeleine J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Reising
authors.forename: Kristen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roubinov
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luecken
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Compas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D057566:Self Report; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult