The Mediating Role of Well-Being and Self-Regulation of Emotions in Daily Executive Dysfunctions and Psychological Distress

• Authors: Domingo García-Villamisar , Araceli Del Pozo Armentia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An emerging literature has begun to document the emotional consequences of everyday executive functions on emotional distress. Little is known, however, about whether this relation is mediated by other variables. A multiple mediation model was proposed to integrate core concepts of daily executive dysfunctions with emotional distress in order to increase understanding of their relationship to psychological well-being and emotional regulation. The working hypothesis was that dimensions of well-being and emotional regulation may be a suitable mediator. It was hypothesized that dimensions of well-being and emotional regulation are a possible mediator between the executive dysfunctions and psychological distress. Participants were 122 undergraduate students from university courses in General Education and Social Education at, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with a mean age of 21.76. Results indicate that several dimensions of psychological well-being and emotional reappraisal strategies mediate the relationships between daily executive dysfunctions and psychological distress. Implications of these data are discussed.

Keywords

EN

psychological distress; well-being; daily executive dysfunctions; self-regulation of emotions

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 123-139

Dates

online

2014-07-17

Contributors

author

Domingo García-Villamisar

author

Araceli Del Pozo Armentia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10241-012-0011-9