Difficulties in implicit emotion regulation of the deaf college students: An ERP study

Xue Du; Ting Huang; Xingru Wang; Shiqiong Wu; Xiaoyi Chen; Jun Jiang; Dongtao Wei

Heliyon (Jul 2024)

Difficulties in implicit emotion regulation of the deaf college students: An ERP study

Xue Du,
Ting Huang,
Xingru Wang,
Shiqiong Wu,
Xiaoyi Chen,
Jun Jiang,
Dongtao Wei

Affiliations

Xue Du: Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.
Ting Huang: Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Xingru Wang: Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Shiqiong Wu: Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Xiaoyi Chen: Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China; Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Jun Jiang: Department of Basic Psychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
Dongtao Wei: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 14
p. e34451

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Background: Deaf college students have been found to experience more difficulties in emotion regulation due to their hearing loss. However, few studies have used neurological measures to assess the characteristics of implicit emotion regulation among deaf college students. Methods: 30 typical hearing college students and 27 deaf college students completed the implicit emotion regulation task while recording ERP data. Results: The behavioral results indicated that deaf college students exhibited higher emotional experience intensity compared to typical hearing control. The ERP results showed that deaf college students had lower LPP amplitudes when using reappraisal and suppression strategies. Furthermore, the LPP of cognitive reappraisal was associated with an increase in depression scores among deaf students. Conclusions: Deaf college students may have deficits in implicit emotion regulation, which can effectively predict depression.

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ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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