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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the difficulties of emotion regulation and cognitive emotion regulation strategies that are related to depression in young adults in Korea. Methods: We recruited 344 young adults without a history of acute/chronic internal medicine/surgery, psychiatric treatment, head injury, and drug/alcohol abuse. An online survey including the Center for EpidemiologicalStudies Depression (CES-D), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait (STAI-T) was conducted on participants. Results: Among 344 participants, the 80 participants were classified into the depression group (CES-D 25 or above). The depression group reported greater scores in all sub-scales of DERS and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies of CERQ compared to the non-depression group. The depression group represented higher scores in ‘limited access to emotion regulation strategies’ and ‘rumination’ after controlling for anxiety symptoms. When logistic regression analysis using the backward elimination method was applied, ‘limited access to emotion regulation strategies’, ‘lack of emotional awareness’, ‘positive reappraisal’, and ‘rumination’ were also evaluated as significant factors to predict depression groups. Conclusions: The depression group has difficulties in emotion regulation. It may be beneficial to help people suffering from depression to choose appropriate emotion regulation strategies and provide clear guidelines for the effective implementation of useful strategies.

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