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Relationships between maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and psychopathology in adolescents from Bangladesh Nadia Garnefski Samiul HossainVivian Kraaij<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Psychopathology&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; adolescents&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp; developing&nbsp;&nbsp; countries&nbsp;&nbsp; such&nbsp;&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; Bangladesh&nbsp;&nbsp; is a&nbsp; neglected&nbsp; problem,&nbsp; which&nbsp; should&nbsp; get&nbsp; more&nbsp; attention,&nbsp; especially&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; focus&nbsp; on finding&nbsp; targets for prevention&nbsp; and&nbsp; intervention.&nbsp; Aim&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; study&nbsp; was&nbsp; to&nbsp; study&nbsp; relationships&nbsp; between&nbsp; cognitive&nbsp; emotion regulation strategies and psychopathology in Bengali adolescents. </p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> The sample consisted of 340 12-to-18-year old adolescents from Bangladesh. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) was used to measure cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The&nbsp; SCL-90&nbsp; was&nbsp; used&nbsp; to&nbsp; measure&nbsp; symptoms&nbsp; of&nbsp; depression,&nbsp; anxiety&nbsp; and&nbsp; hostility.&nbsp; Relationships&nbsp; between CERQ and SCL-90 scales were studied by Multiple Regression Analysis. </p><p><strong>Results:</strong> With&nbsp;&nbsp; regard&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp; relationships&nbsp;&nbsp; between&nbsp;&nbsp; CERQ&nbsp;&nbsp; strategies&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; psychopathology:&nbsp;&nbsp; Higher extents&nbsp; of&nbsp; ‘Worry-focused’&nbsp; cognitive&nbsp; styles&nbsp; appeared&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; related&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; reporting&nbsp; of&nbsp; more&nbsp; symptoms of&nbsp; psychopathology,&nbsp; while&nbsp; more&nbsp; ‘Reappraisal-focused’&nbsp; styles&nbsp; were&nbsp; associated&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; reporting&nbsp; of&nbsp; less symptoms of psychopathology. </p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The&nbsp; results&nbsp; with&nbsp; regard&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; relationships&nbsp; between&nbsp; cognitive&nbsp; emotion&nbsp; regulation strategies and psychopathology may provide possible targets for interventions to improve mental health in adolescents in developing countries.</p> Archives of Depression and Anxiety - Peertechz Publications 2017-07-05 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5460.000019 en Copyright © Nadia Garnefski et al.