Table 3.

Standardized estimates and 95% confidence intervals from structural equation modeling results of the relationships between basic needs (competence, autonomy, and relatedness), emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), and emotions.

Relationship	Lower 2.5%	Estimate	Upper 2.5%
Competence → Cognitive reappraisal	−0.004	0.128	0.259
Autonomy → Cognitive reappraisal	0.086	0.215*	0.344
Relatedness → Cognitive reappraisal	0.068	0.184*	0.299
Competence → Expressive suppression	−0.376	−0.230*	−0.084
Autonomy → Expressive suppression	−0.179	−0.047	0.084
Relatedness → Expressive suppression	−0.309	−0.184*	−0.060
Competence → Excitement	0.023	0.142*	0.262
Autonomy → Excitement	−0.144	−0.034	0.077
Relatedness → Excitement	0.025	0.151*	0.276
Cognitive reappraisal → Excitement	0.220	0.335*	0.450
Expressive suppression → Excitement	−0.248	−0.112	0.024
Competence → Happiness	0.026	0.149*	0.271
Autonomy → Happiness	−0.159	−0.055	0.049
Relatedness → Happiness	0.104	0.225*	0.345
Cognitive reappraisal → Happiness	0.183	0.298*	0.413
Expressive suppression → Happiness	−0.225	−0.096	0.033
Competence → Anxiety	−0.317	−0.180*	−0.043
Autonomy → Anxiety	−0.112	0.014	0.140
Relatedness → Anxiety	−0.111	0.019	0.149
Cognitive reappraisal → Anxiety	−0.218	−0.084	0.049
Expressive suppression → Anxiety	−0.064	0.081	0.226
Competence → Dejection	−0.510	−0.396*	−0.282
Autonomy → Dejection	−0.099	0.005	0.110
Relatedness → Dejection	−0.327	−0.198*	−0.068
Cognitive reappraisal → Dejection	−0.183	−0.052	0.079
Expressive suppression → Dejection	−0.067	0.078	0.222
Competence → Anger	−0.449	−0.294*	−0.139
Autonomy → Anger	−0.163	−0.015	0.133
Relatedness → Anger	−0.364	−0.216*	−0.069
Cognitive reappraisal → Anger	−0.078	0.062	0.202
Expressive suppression → Anger	−0.091	0.063	0.217

*p < 0.05.