ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
The Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility in the Association between Emotion Dysregulation and Intimacy
- Laura Kenneally
- Alicia Milam
Virginia Consortium in Clinical Psychology - Jonathan Gardner
Old Dominion University - B. Lynn McElyea
Old Dominion University - James Paulson
Old Dominion University
Abstract
In a sample of 534 adults in romantic relationships, path analysis revealed that cognitive flexibility mediated the association between emotion regulation and intimacy. This association was significantly moderated by gender (binary) suggesting that in men, he mediating role of cognitive flexibility is larger than in women.
Love and Marriage
