Emotion Beliefs: Latent Structure and Links to Emotion Regulation and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Abstract

This thesis explores the impact of beliefs about emotions on emotion regulation and emotional disorder symptomatology. Three studies were conducted to investigate the latent structure of emotion beliefs, and their associations with emotion regulation strategy use, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Findings revealed that stronger beliefs about emotions being uncontrollable and useless were associated with more severe emotional disorder symptoms, and more maladaptive patterns in emotion regulation.