the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and behavioral activator-inhibitor systems in depression of female students

Aim: this study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and behavioral activator-inhibitor systems in depression. methods: the research method was descriptive correlational with 240 female undergraduate and graduate students of shahrekord university (western province of iran) selected through a random sampling method. they answered beck depression inventory, granovsky’s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, and carver and white’s brain systems scale. the data were analyzed using spss 22. results: the mean and standard deviation of each variable were calculated as descriptive statistics, and pearson correlation was employed to evaluate the relationships of variables. the results showed a significant negative correlation between behavioral activator systems and depression, and a significant positive correlation between behavioral inhibitor systems and depression. in general, the behavioral activator-inhibitor systems predicted 33% of depression variance. in addition, there was a significant positive relationship between maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and depression and a significant negative relationship between adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and depression. conclusion: the results showed that among the maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, the catastrophic component predicted about 29% of depression variance, and among the adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, the acceptance component predicted about 39% of depression variance. in general, the results of this study indicated that brain-behavioral systems and emotional cognitive regulation strategies had chief roles in predicting depression. relying on the findings of this study, we can present a practical framework to explain the symptoms of depression and its treatment.

the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and behavioral activator-inhibitor systems in depression of female students

aim: this study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and behavioral activator-inhibitor systems in depression. methods: the research method was descriptive correlational with 240 female undergraduate and graduate students of shahrekord university (western province of iran) selected through a random sampling method. they answered beck depression inventory, granovsky’s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, and carver and white’s brain systems scale. the data were analyzed using spss 22. results: the mean and standard deviation of each variable were calculated as descriptive statistics, and pearson correlation was employed to evaluate the relationships of variables. the results showed a significant negative correlation between behavioral activator systems and depression, and a significant positive correlation between behavioral inhibitor systems and depression. in general, the behavioral activator-inhibitor systems predicted 33% of depression variance. in addition, there was a significant positive relationship between maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and depression and a significant negative relationship between adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and depression. conclusion: the results showed that among the maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, the catastrophic component predicted about 29% of depression variance, and among the adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, the acceptance component predicted about 39% of depression variance. in general, the results of this study indicated that brain-behavioral systems and emotional cognitive regulation strategies had chief roles in predicting depression. relying on the findings of this study, we can present a practical framework to explain the symptoms of depression and its treatment.