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Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in General and Clinical Population: Differential Contribution of Emotional Regulation Strategies. Studies show that the emotional consequences of cognitive emotional regulation strategies may differ depending on the sample assessed. This paper presents a study about differences in cognitive emotion regulation between a community (n= 536) and a clinical sample (n= 95). Results showed that only positive reappraisal and putting into perspective were negatively related to depression in the community and clinical sample, and in the clinical sample positive reappraisal was negatively related to anxiety. Less adaptive strategies were negatively related to anxiety and depression in the community sample; however, in the clinical sample were related to depression. But catastrophizing and blaming others were related to anxiety in the clinical sample. The predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms in both samples were catastrophizing and less positive reappraisal and positive refocusing. In the community sample the predictors were rumination and less refocus on planning, and in the clinical sample blaming others. Results showed more frequent use in participants of the clinical sample of catastrophizing (odds ratio= 1.95, p <.001), blaming others (odds ratio= 1.20, p <.016) and less putting into perspective (odds ratio= .86, p <.018).
Key words', strategies of cognitive emotion, emotional cascade, catastrophizing, positive reappraisal, anxiety and depression.
Los trastornos de ansiedad y del estado de ánimo son altamente prevalentes en la población mundial, con 4,4% para la depresión y 3,6% para la ansiedad (World Health Organization, 2017). Trastornos que muestran una elevada comorbilidad entre sí y con otros trastornos emocionales (Weber, Holbrook, Marilly & Duchemin, 2021). Estas altas prevalencia y comorbilidad hace necesaria la identificación de los procesos implicados como parte integral de los esfuerzos para mejorar las estrategias de prevención y tratamiento para estos trastornos (Kessler & Bromet, 2013). En este sentido, se ha señalado que los déficits en la regulación de las emociones son determinantes importantes de los trastornos emocionales (Hofmann, Asnaani, Vonk, Sawyer & Fang, 2012), de manera que se han conceptuado como factores de riesgo transdiagnóstico implicados en la aparición y mantenimiento de diversos trastornos (p.ej., Aldao, Gee, De Los Reyes & Seager, 2016; Cludius, Memfiu & Ehring, 2020; Walii el alia, 2019). De hecho, ha llegado a estimarse que el 75% de...