The Interplay of Executive Functioning and Emotion Regulation Vis-a-Vis Hedonic Well-Being and Psychological Distress in Young Adults

We demonstrate that the association of emotion regulation and affect is moderated by executive functioning. Worse executive functioning predicted greater psychological distress (Study 1) and more negative mood (Study 2) at low levels of reappraisal. Findings suggest that executive dysfunction may interfere with regulation strategies that mitigate unpleasant affective experience.