Gender differences in the mediating effects of emotion-regulation strategies: Forgiveness and depression among adolescents

We explored whether emotion-regulation strategies play a mediating role between trait forgiveness and depression, and whether there are gender differences in the mediating effects of distinct emotion-regulation strategies. Senior high-school students (N = 1127) completed the Trait Forgivingness Scal...

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Veröffentlicht in:Personality and individual differences 2020-09, Vol.163, p.110094, Article 110094
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Lihui, Lu, Jiamei, Li, Bingbing, Wang, Xia, Shangguan, Chenyu
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Zusammenfassung:We explored whether emotion-regulation strategies play a mediating role between trait forgiveness and depression, and whether there are gender differences in the mediating effects of distinct emotion-regulation strategies. Senior high-school students (N = 1127) completed the Trait Forgivingness Scale (TFS), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (ZSDS). Multiple mediation effect analyses showed that cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression partially atemporal mediated the association between trait forgiveness and depression. Additionally, the mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal in girls was significantly greater than that in boys. Our findings clarify the underlying emotion-regulation process between trait forgiveness and depression in adolescents. •Few studies have examined the protective effects of forgiveness on depression in adolescents.•Adolescents are susceptible to emotional disorders; early occurrences may predict future issues.•We found that depression is positively associated with expressive suppression.•There are effective strategies for mediating the relation between forgiveness and depression.•The mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal in girls was significantly greater than that in boys.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110094