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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

The Study of Posttraumatic Growth after Relational Loss: Focusing on Cognitive Flexibility and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2012, v.31 no.2, pp.261-281


Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explore the influence of cognitive process on the growth after relational loss. Correlation and regression analyses were carried out to explore the relationships among posttraumatic growth(PTG), cognitive flexibility and cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and also to investigate the mediating effect of positive cognitive emotion regulation on the relationship between cognitive flexibility and PTG. The results showed that PTG was positively correlated to cognitive flexibility, specifically more closely related to the “alternative” than the “control” factor of cognitive flexibility scale. Also, significant positive correlation was found between PTG and positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies but no significant relationship was found between PTG and negative strategies. Furthermore, positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the relationship between cognitive flexibility and PTG. Based on these results, the influence of cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation strategies on growth after relational loss was discussed. Finally, the limitations of this study were discussed along with suggestions for further research.

keywords
posttraumatic growth, loss, cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, 상실, 역경후 성장, 인지적 유연성, 인지적 정서조절 방략

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