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  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Emotion regulation and metacognition are crucial self-regulatory capacities impacting psychological functioning.
  • While theoretical links exist, the empirical relationship between emotion regulation strategies and metacognitive ability is not well understood.
  • Self-monitoring is proposed as a core component of emotion regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between specific emotion regulation strategies (reappraisal, suppression) and metacognitive ability.
  • To explore the role of metacognition in the context of emotion regulation.

Main Methods:

  • A preregistered study with 200 participants.
  • Assessed self-reported emotion regulation strategies (reappraisal, suppression).
  • Measured metacognitive ability using a visual discrimination task with confidence ratings, controlling for emotional intelligence and rumination.

Main Results:

  • Higher metacognitive ability was associated with lower use of emotion suppression.
  • No significant relationship was found between metacognitive ability and reappraisal.
  • Metacognitive ability showed a specific link with one emotion regulation strategy.

Conclusions:

  • Metacognitive processes appear to play a role in how individuals employ emotion suppression.
  • Findings suggest metacognition influences specific emotion regulation strategies, particularly suppression.
  • Further research is warranted to fully elucidate the interplay between metacognition and emotion regulation.