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A80 - Risk and Protective Factors: Associations between Emotion Regulation Strategies and Loneliness.
Loneliness is associated with many negative outcomes, such as mental health disorders (depression, anxiety), physical health problems (cardiovascular disease, cancer), and an increased risk for mortality (Barjakova et al., 2023; Rodriguez et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2023).
A80 - Risk and Protective Factors: Associations between Emotion Regulation Strategies and Loneliness.
Mentor: Darwin Guevarra, Ph.D.
Loneliness is associated with many negative outcomes, such as mental health disorders (depression, anxiety), physical health problems (cardiovascular disease, cancer), and an increased risk for mortality (Barjakova et al., 2023; Rodriguez et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2023).
It is important to identify modifiable protective and risk factors associated with loneliness. One such factor is the frequency with which people use emotion regulation strategies.
In this study, we explored how the frequent use of different emotion regulation strategies is associated with loneliness.
Hypotheses:
Adaptive strategies (such as exercise, seeking social support, etc.) are associated with lower loneliness.
Maladaptive strategies (such as avoidance, passive social media use, emotional eating, etc.) are associated with higher loneliness.