Effects of emotional regulation strategies on posttraumatic growth of certain recruits
PENG Luyuan1,2, LEI Hui1, ZHU Qiang3
1. College of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; 2. Outpatient Department; 3.Medical Psychology Department, Hunan Provincial Corps Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Changsha 410006, China
Abstract：Objective To explore the effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and behavioral emotion regulation strategies on posttraumatic growth(PTG) of recruits after intensive military training. Methods A total of 665 recruits were investigated with the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Recruits Training(PTGI-RT), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire Chinese Version(CERQ-C) and Behavioral Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (BERQ) at one month (T1) and three months (T2) after the start of intensive military training. According to the scores of cognitive emotion regulation strategies at T1, recruits were divided into four groups, high adaptive and high non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group, low adaptive and high non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group, low adaptive and low non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group, and high adaptive and low non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group. The posttraumatic growth level at T2 was compared among the four groups. Behavioral emotion regulation strategies were implemented according to the same method. Results There were significant differences in posttraumatic growth scores among the four cognitive emotion regulation strategies groups (F=13.16, P＜0.001). The posttraumatic growth score of the high adaptive and low non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group was significantly higher than that of the other three groups, and the posttraumatic growth score of the low adaptive and high non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy group was significantly lower than that of the other three groups. There were significant differences in posttraumatic growth scores among the four behavior emotion regulation strategies groups (F=21.13, P＜0.001). The posttraumatic growth score of the high adaptive and low non-adaptive behavior emotion regulation strategy group was significantly higher than that of the other three groups, and the posttraumatic growth score of the low adaptive and high non-adaptive behavior emotion regulation strategy group was significantly lower than that of the other three groups. Conclusions Adaptive cognition and behavioral emotion regulation strategies are positively correlated with posttraumatic growth, and non-adaptive cognition and behavioral emotion regulation strategies are negatively correlated with posttraumatic growth. Recruits who choose high adaptive and low non-adaptive cognitive and behavioral emotion regulation strategies will obtain more posttraumatic growth, while recruits who choose low adaptive and high non-adaptive cognitive and behavioral emotion regulation strategies will obtain less posttraumatic growth.
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