Date of Award
2021-08-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Jennifer Eno Louden
Abstract
Emotion regulation is a cognitive process that occurs due to emotional stimuli in the environment that promotes cognitive or behavioral action to soothe negative emotions. Emotion regulation can affect decision making that promotes maladaptive behavior, similar to criminal thinking. Criminal thinking patterns can be categorized as a form of maladaptive cognitive coping that promotes maladaptive behavior. The association between emotion regulation, criminal thinking, and maladaptive behavior is further explored. A total of (N = 227) MTurk workers participated in a cross-sectional study. Maladaptive emotion regulation and coping predicted willingness to engage in maladaptive behavior. Deficits in emotion regulation were further associated with aggressive behavior, specifically lack of impulse control, emotion suppression, and lack of emotional clarity. Additionally, maladaptive emotion regulation and deficits in emotion regulation were associated with different criminal thinking patterns. The current research supports the hypoThesis that emotion regulation influences decision making that promotes maladaptive behavior, and maladaptive cognitive thinking patterns. Interventions should target deficits in emotion regulation to reduce maladaptive behavior.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2021-08
File Size
84 p.
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Alondra Avila
Recommended Citation
Avila, Alondra, "The influence of emotion regulation, maladaptive coping, and criminal thinking on maladaptive behavior" (2021). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 3218.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/3218