The study of motives associated with emotion regulation assumes a crucial importance in the study of emotion regulation processes. While some studies relate the reasons for emotion regulation with the choice of different ER strategies, individual and contextual variables remain to be explored to better understand this association as well as its impact in terms of psychological functioning.
This quantitative, cross-sectional and longitudinal study aims to: validate the scale of motives for emotion regulation in the Portuguese context, explore the role of motives in choosing emotion regulation strategies, explore the role of attachment, self-esteem and of the perception of emotional invalidation responses as antecedent factors of motives associated with emotion regulation, and to longitudinally explore the association between motives, emotion regulation and psychological functioning. It is hoped that this study will find clues that help to outline interventions aimed at changing not only emotional regulation strategies, but also the reasons associated with it and, consequently, promoting better psychological functioning of individuals in their daily lives. .
