Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between social frailty and stress, anxiety, and depression

Scientific Reports

Article

Ruth E. Hubbard¹  Julie D. Henry²  Olivia P. Demichelis²  Sarah A. Grainger² 

[1]Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

[2]School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

DOI  :  10.1038/s41598-023-33749-0

 received in 2023-01-04, accepted in 2023-04-18,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Social frailty refers to an inability to meet basic social needs and has been identified as a threat to physical and mental health. Although social frailty has been linked with many adverse health and well-being outcomes, potential mediators of the relationship between social frailty and well-being remain poorly understood. Emotion regulation refers to the capacity to alter the experience of emotions to behave in accordance with a desired goal. The present study was designed to provide the first direct test of whether emotion regulation mediates the relationships between social frailty and important well-being outcomes (stress, anxiety, and depression). A total of 790 participants completed validated measures of social frailty, stress, anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation. In line with our preregistered hypotheses, higher social frailty predicted increased stress, anxiety, and depression, and each of these relationships were partially mediated by emotion regulation capacity. These data provide novel evidence that emotion regulation abilities may serve as a protective factor against the negative consequences of social frailty.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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