Linda P Juang1, Ursula Moffitt2, Su Yeong Kim3, Richard M Lee4, José Angel Soto5, Eric Hurley6, Robert S Weisskirch7, Shelley A Blozis8, Linda G Castillo9, Que-Lam Huynh10, Susan Krauss Whitbourne11. 1. University of Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: juang@uni-potsdam.de. 2. University of Potsdam, Germany. 3. University of Texas at Austin, USA. 4. University of Minnesota, USA. 5. The Pennsylvania State University, USA. 6. Pomona College, USA. 7. California State University, Monterey Bay, USA. 8. University of California at Davis, USA. 9. Texas A&M University, USA. 10. California State University, Northridge, USA. 11. University of Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether two key emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, moderated the relations between discrimination (i.e., foreigner objectification and general denigration) and adjustment. METHODS: Participants were U.S. Latino/a and Asian-heritage college students (N = 1,279, 67% female, 72% U.S. born) from the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture (MUSIC). Students completed online self-report surveys in 2009. RESULTS: Multi-group path analysis demonstrated that a fully constrained model fit well for both Latino/a and Asian-heritage student data. The results showed that with increasing levels of denigration (but not foreigner objectification), the combination of lower cognitive reappraisal and higher expressive suppression was related to greater depressive symptoms, anxiety, and aggression. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance of examining multiple emotion regulation strategies simultaneously-considering what strategies are available to individuals and in what combination they are used-to understand how best to deal with negative emotions resulting from experiencing discrimination.
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether two key emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, moderated the relations between discrimination (i.e., foreigner objectification and general denigration) and adjustment. METHODS:Participants were U.S. Latino/a and Asian-heritage college students (N = 1,279, 67% female, 72% U.S. born) from the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture (MUSIC). Students completed online self-report surveys in 2009. RESULTS: Multi-group path analysis demonstrated that a fully constrained model fit well for both Latino/a and Asian-heritage student data. The results showed that with increasing levels of denigration (but not foreigner objectification), the combination of lower cognitive reappraisal and higher expressive suppression was related to greater depressive symptoms, anxiety, and aggression. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance of examining multiple emotion regulation strategies simultaneously-considering what strategies are available to individuals and in what combination they are used-to understand how best to deal with negative emotions resulting from experiencing discrimination.
Authors: Miguel Ángel Cano; Felipe González Castro; Mario De La Rosa; Hortensia Amaro; William A Vega; Mariana Sánchez; Patria Rojas; Daisy Ramírez-Ortiz; Tanjila Taskin; Guillermo Prado; Seth J Schwartz; David Córdova; Christopher P Salas-Wright; Marcel A de Dios Journal: Behav Med Date: 2020-01-14 Impact factor: 3.104