TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Individual differences in self-reported self-control predict successful emotion regulation
JO  - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
A1  - Paschke, Lena M.
A1  - Dörfel, Denise
A1  - Steimke, Rosa
A1  - Trempler, Ima
A1  - Magrabi, Amadeus
A1  - Ludwig, Vera U.
A1  - Schubert, Torsten
A1  - Stelzel, Christine
A1  - Walter, Henrik
SP  - 1193
EP  - 1204
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
N2  - Both self-control and emotion regulation enable individuals to adapt to external circumstances and social contexts, and both are assumed to rely on the overlapping neural resources. Here, we tested whether high self-reported self-control is related to successful emotion regulation on the behavioral and neural level. One hundred eight participants completed three self-control questionnaires and regulated their negative emotions during functional magnetic resonance imaging using reappraisal (distancing). Trait self-control correlated positively with successful emotion regulation both subjectively and neurally, as indicated by online ratings of negative emotions and functional connectivity strength between the amygdala and prefrontal areas, respectively. This stronger overall connectivity of the left amygdala was related to more successful subjective emotion regulation. Comparing amygdala activity over time showed that high self-controllers successfully maintained down-regulation of the left amygdala over time, while low self-controllers failed to down-regulate towards the end of the experiment. This indicates that high self-controllers are better at maintaining a motivated state supporting emotion regulation over time. Our results support assumptions concerning a close relation of self-control and emotion regulation as two domains of behavioral control. They further indicate that individual differences in functional connectivity between task-related brain areas directly relate to differences in trait self-control.<br><br>© The Author (2016). Published by Oxford University Press. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1749-5016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw036
ID  - ref1
ER  -