Why do I feel what I feel? Examining individual differences in meta-mood knowledge as a moderator of the relationship between anxiety and depression in adolescents
Yildirim, Damla (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Vives Brosa, Jaume (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Ballespí Sola, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)

Date:	2021
Description:	6 pàg.
Abstract:	The aim of this study is to analyze whether dimensions of meta-mood knowledge (i. e. , attention to emotion and emotional clarity) moderate the relationship between anxiety and depression. A sample of 258 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (M = 14. 6, SD = 1. 7, 54. 5% girls) was examined to investigate the moderating role of attention to emotion and emotional clarity on the relationship between anxiety and depression. A regression-based moderation analysis controlling for age, gender, and socioeconomic status was conducted. The results showed that attention to emotion and emotional clarity moderated the relationship between anxiety and depression. Moreover, the positive relationship between anxiety and depression was statistically significant in all cases (i. e. , high attention and low clarity: b = 0. 362, p <. 001, low attention and low clarity: b = 0. 184, p <. 001; high attention and high clarity: b = 0. 183, p =. 001), with one exception (i. e. , low attention and high clarity: b = 0. 004, p =. 929). This study highlights the importance of understanding individual differences in attention to emotion and emotional clarity in order to benefit more from treatments and prevention programs that incorporate emotional self-awareness as an active component.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2014-56303-REDT Agencia Estatal de Investigación PGC2018-100675-B-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	Anxiety ; Depression ; Meta-mood knowledge ; Emotional awareness ; Attention to emotion ; Emotional clarity
Published in:	Personality and individual differences, Vol. 187 (2021) , art. 111407, ISSN 0191-8869

DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111407

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