Relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and behavioral inhibition/activation system of adolescents

Objective To explore the relationships between cognitive emotion regulation and behavioral inhibition system(BIS)/behavioral activation system(BAS) of adolescents. Methods Seven hundreds forty-two adolescents were tested by Behavioral Inhibition/Activation System Scale(BIS/BAS Scale) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Chinese version(CERQ-C). Results (1)Maladaptive emotion regulation, such as self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing and blame others were positively corrected with BIS(r=0.13~0.38, P 0.05). Maladaptive emotion regulation was positively correlated with BAS(r=0.24, P<0.01), and adaptive emotion regulation was negatively correlated with BAS(r=-0.028, P<0.01). (2)Except acceptance, BIS/BAS had significant effect on the other eight cognitive emotion regulation(P<0.01). Conclusion BIS/BAS are closely related with cognitive emotion regulation, and have important influences on selection of adolescents' cognitive emotion regulation. Key words: Cognitive emotion regulation; Behavioral Inhibition system; Behavioral Activation System; Adolescents