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  • Self-control and emotion regulation are crucial for social adaptation.
  • Both processes are theorized to share overlapping neural resources.
  • Understanding their interplay is key to behavioral control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between trait self-control and emotion regulation.
  • To examine behavioral and neural correlates of emotion regulation in relation to self-control.
  • To explore how individual differences in self-control impact emotion regulation strategies.

Main Methods:

  • 108 participants completed self-control questionnaires.
  • Participants underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while regulating negative emotions using cognitive reappraisal.
  • Subjective emotion ratings and neural activity (amygdala-prefrontal connectivity) were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Trait self-control positively correlated with subjective success in emotion regulation.
  • Higher self-control was associated with stronger functional connectivity between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex.
  • High self-controllers maintained amygdala down-regulation over time, unlike low self-controllers.

Conclusions:

  • Self-control and emotion regulation are closely related domains of behavioral control.
  • Individual differences in trait self-control are reflected in neural connectivity patterns.
  • High self-control facilitates sustained emotion regulation by maintaining motivated down-regulation.