APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Emotion Regulation Adaptiveness Is Contextual: Both Reappraisal and Suppression Predict Cognitive Flexibility In Turkish Young Adults
- Melissa Altın
Kadir Has University - Melike Koç
Yeditepe University - Pelin Kutluay
- Zeynep Merve Ünal
Yeditepe University
Abstract
We investigated emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility in 186 Turkish young adults (Mage= 22.51). Using the ERQ and CFI (α ≥ .70), we found cognitive reappraisal positively predicted flexibility. Expressive suppression, unexpectedly, positively predicted flexibility (r = .32, p < .01). This suggests cultural context defines adaptiveness.
