@article{5e778fd6768c407b9b0b680bd5829661,
title = "Fixed Trait Emotion Mindsets and Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy: Moderation by Emotional Competence and Gender",
abstract = "Emotion mindsets play an important role in how emotional challenges are navigated. Although existing research demonstrates that emotion mindsets have important implications for emotion regulation self-efficacy (ERSE), little is known about the role of individual differences. The present study examined whether the association between trait emotion mindsets and ERSE varied as a function of negative emotionality, emotional clarity, and gender during late adolescence. Results demonstrated that for males, fixed trait emotion mindsets were associated with less ERSE except at very low levels of negative emotionality and very high levels of emotional clarity. For females, fixed trait emotion mindsets were associated with less ERSE except at very high levels of negative emotionality and very low levels of emotional clarity. These findings emphasize that emotional competence and gender are important considerations when examining the link between emotion mindsets and emotional functioning.",
keywords = "emotion mindsets, emotion regulation self-efficacy, emotional clarity, gender differences, negative emotionality",
author = "Skymba, {Haley V.} and Graham, {Caroline N.} and Modi, {Haina H.} and Davis, {Megan M.} and Wendy Troop-Gordon and Wendy Heller and Rudolph, {Karen D.}",
note = "This work was supported by a University of Illinois Research Board Award (RB20023) to Karen Rudolph and National Institute of Health R21 Grant (HD097537) to Karen Rudolph and Wendy Heller. We have no competing interests to declare. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association and was approved by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institutional Review Board. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. Given that the data for this study was collected during a pilot project for an ongoing study, it was not preregistered. All measures and data analysis files are available on the Open Science Framework at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/56EAH. All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Haley Skymba, Haina Modi, and Megan Davis. Analyses were performed by Caroline Graham, Karen Rudolph, and Wendy Troop-Gordon. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Haley Skymba and Caroline Graham, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. We are also grateful to Annie Weldon, Grace Goodwin, and Jillian Dodson for their assistance in data collection and management.",
year = "2024",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1353/mpq.2024.a954131",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "70",
pages = "249--267",
journal = "Merrill-Palmer Quarterly",
issn = "0272-930X",
publisher = "Wayne State University Press",
number = "2",
}