The role of frontal-subcortical connectivity in the relation between coping styles and reactivity and downregulation of negative emotion

Xiaoqin Wang; Scott D. Blain; Dongtao Wei; Wenjing Yang; Junyi Yang; Kaixiang Zhuang; Li He; Colin G. DeYoung; Jiang Qiu

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105631

The role of frontal-subcortical connectivity in the relation between coping styles and reactivity and downregulation of negative emotion

Xiaoqin Wang, Scott D. Blain, Dongtao Wei, Wenjing Yang, Junyi Yang, Kaixiang Zhuang, Li He, Colin G. DeYoung, Jiang Qiu

Psychology (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Coping styles (CS) reflect individuals' habitual use of strategies for coping with negative events in daily life. Although research into coping has not reached consistent agreement about classifying coping strategies as either inherently adaptive or maladaptive, the influence of maladaptive CS on mental health is noticeable. CS might also be related to emotion regulation and associated brain systems. Participants (N = 165) completed measurements of CS, trait emotions including trait anxiety, depressive symptoms and happiness and then performed an emotion regulation task, in conjunction with functional MRI. Individual differences in maladaptive CS use were associated with higher trait negative emotionality and higher state reactivity of negative emotion. Concurrent bilateral amygdala-right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) connectivity during passive negative stimulus processing mediated the relation between maladaptive CS and negative emotion ratings. Psychophysiological interaction analyses showed that maladaptive and adaptive CS were linked to patterns of frontal-subcortical connectivity during state emotion regulation. These results suggest that maladaptive CS might be related to negative emotion processing and weaker spontaneous regulation and indicate that maladaptive CS is a risk factor in individual mental health.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	105631
Journal	Brain and Cognition
Volume	146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105631
State	Published - Dec 2020

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 31470981 ; 31571137 ; 31500885 ; 31600878 ; 31771231 ), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing ( cstc2015jcyjA10106 ). Scott Blain was supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program ( 1348264 ).

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Amygdala
Emotion regulation
Generalized psychophysiological interaction
Maladaptive coping styles
Prefrontal cortex

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