Table 3.

Hierarchical linear regression of the associations between emotion regulation strategy use and mood

Independent Variable	B	SE	t	p	95% CI
Intercept	58.24	2.40	24.24	< .01	[53.51, 62.97]
Acceptance	6.44	1.58	4.07	< .01	[3.33, 9.55]
“I accepted the situation and/or my emotions.”
Positive Refocusing	6.13	1.71	3.59	< .01	[2.78, 9.49]
“I thought of something pleasant instead of what had happened.”
Reappraisal	1.73	1.71	1.01	.31	[−1.64, 5.10]
“I thought about the situation in a different way.”
Problem-Solving	.76	1.57	.48	.63	[−2.33, 3.84]
“I made a plan to make the situation better.”
Behavioral Activation	.55	1.53	.36	.72	[−2.45, 3.55]
“I found an activity to keep myself busy and distracted.”
Sleep	−1.11	1.79	−.62	.53	[−4.63, 2.41]
“I went to sleep.”
Consequences	−1.90	1.65	−1.15	.25	[−5.14, 1.35]
“I thought about all the different things in my life that this situation would impact.”
Emotional Suppression	−1.91	1.97	−.97	.33	[−5.78, 1.97]
“I ignored my feelings.”
Other-Blame	−2.70	1.64	−1.64	.10	[−5.93, .53]
“I thought about how the situation was someone else’s fault.”
Generalizing	−2.86	1.79	−1.59	.11	[−6.39, .67]
“I thought about all the other things that have happened to me in addition to this.”
Substance Use	−6.48	2.40	−2.70	.01	[−11.19, −1.76]
“I smoked a cigarette/drank alcohol/got high.”
Neuroticism	−.06	.06	−1.10	.28	[−.18, .05]

Note. Neuroticism scores are grand-mean centered. Model AIC = 4266.80.