Personality, self-efficacy, and emotional regulation as predictors of positive and negative mental health
Authors
Nugent-Ryan, Taylor
Issue Date
2023-03
Degree
BA in Psychology
Publisher
Dublin Business School
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Abstract
Emotion regulation is a complex process that involves initiating, inhibiting, or modulating one's behaviour in a given situation, responding to the ongoing demands of experience with a range of emotions in a socially tolerable and flexible manner. A correlational study investigated the relationship between personality, emotional regulation, self-efficacy, and mental health. Participants included 138 (male = 51, females = 86, non-binary = 1). Three multiple regression analysis investigated if personality, emotional regulation, and self-efficacy were significant predictors of positive affect, negative affect, and total mood. A significant correlation was found between reappraisal (p < .001), self-efficacy (p <.001), extraversion (p = .037) on positive affect. Neuroticism (p < .001) was a significant predictor of negative affect. Self-efficacy (β = -.25) and conscientiousness (β = -.24) displayed a significant negative correlation with negative affect. Suppression (p< .001) and neuroticism p< .001) were found to be significant predictors of total mood.