{"pk":4840,"title":"Building a Sense of Self: The Link between Emotion Regulation and Self-Esteem in Young Adults","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Emotion regulation is the process through which a person changes his or her emotions. Individualsmay change their emotions in many ways, and these different aspects of emotion regulation mighthave different implications for one’s self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as an individual’s conceptof the self. Despite the substantial research on these topics, there has been a lack of research onthe links between emotion regulation and self-esteem. The present study aimed to explore the linkbetween emotion regulation and self-esteem in young adults, as well as to examine potential genderdifferences in this association. Based on current research, we predicted that men would have higherself-esteem than women, whereas women would have a stronger capacity to regulate their emotions.Furthermore, we predicted women would show a stronger association between emotion regulationand self-esteem. Participants were asked to answer the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation (DERS)questionnaire as well as a singular measure to assess their self-esteem. The results of the presentstudy were consistent with our hypothesis that men would have a higher self-esteem, and that womenwould show a stronger association between emotion regulation and self-esteem. Our study adds to agrowing body of research on the importance of emotion regulation for self-esteem.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Emotion Regulation"},{"word":"Self-Esteem"},{"word":"gender differences"},{"word":"Difficulties in Emotion Regulation"},{"word":"Young adults"},{"word":"Self-Concept"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8db0d25w","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Tiffany","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gomez","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Laura","middle_name":"","last_name":"Quiñones-Camacho","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Elizabeth","middle_name":"","last_name":"Davis","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2018-05-24T22:32:31Z","date_accepted":"2018-05-24T22:32:31Z","date_published":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucr_undergrad_research_j/article/4840/galley/2735/download/"}]}