TY - JOUR

T1 - Effects of Inexpressive Aggression on Depression in College Students: Cross Cultural Study between Japan and Russia

AU - Kawabata, Takeyasu

AU - Ohbuchi, Ken-ichi

AU - Gurieva, Svetlana

AU - Dmitrieva, Victoria

AU - Mikhalyuk, Olga

AU - Odintsova, Veronika

PY - 2016/1/1

Y1 - 2016/1/1

N2 - The aim of this study is to examine the cross-cultural effects of inexpressive aggression on depression in terms of emotion regulation in Japanese and Russian students. Two hundreds and six Japanese students and 243 Russian students read scenarios depicting socially provocative situations, and asked to rate their own anger, the extent in which they would use emotion regulations, and finally their own other kinds of negative emotions. The results showed that 1) Russians more frequently used suppression than Japanese did, and suppression decreased depressive emotions only among Russians. 2) Japanese would more frequently use reappraisal than Russians and considered way, to using impulsive violence in a fit of rage. Aggression has been defined as a behavior that is intended to hurt or harm other (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995). reappraisal would increase depressive emotions only among Japanese. 3) Distraction increased depressive emotions both among Japanese and Russians.

AB - The aim of this study is to examine the cross-cultural effects of inexpressive aggression on depression in terms of emotion regulation in Japanese and Russian students. Two hundreds and six Japanese students and 243 Russian students read scenarios depicting socially provocative situations, and asked to rate their own anger, the extent in which they would use emotion regulations, and finally their own other kinds of negative emotions. The results showed that 1) Russians more frequently used suppression than Japanese did, and suppression decreased depressive emotions only among Russians. 2) Japanese would more frequently use reappraisal than Russians and considered way, to using impulsive violence in a fit of rage. Aggression has been defined as a behavior that is intended to hurt or harm other (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995). reappraisal would increase depressive emotions only among Japanese. 3) Distraction increased depressive emotions both among Japanese and Russians.

KW - social information processing

KW - emotion regulation

KW - anger

KW - depression

U2 - 10.4236/psych.2016.713152

DO - 10.4236/psych.2016.713152

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 1575

EP - 1586

JO - Psychology

JF - Psychology

SN - 2152-7180

IS - 13

ER -