Relationship between Dimensions of Self-consciousness and Emotional Regulation among Young Adults

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19692860

Sanya Agarwal and Kavita Kumar (Department of Psychology, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh)

Self-consciousness reveals the attention that young adults pay to their own feelings, thoughts, and emotions. It also delves into one’s thought patterns regarding what they consider others think about them. Emotional regulation, on the other hand, plays a crucial role in how one deals with the emotions stemming from these thoughts. Indian studies have not been conducted enough to focus on studying the relationship between the dimensions of self -consciousness and emotional regulation. Hence, the present study is an attempt to study the relationship between dimensions of two covert aspects of psychological systems: self-consciousness and emotional regulation, by administering two reliable psychological tools on 112 young adults to measure, using a correlation design. The results showed that in young adults’ reappraisal was positively correlated with private and public self-consciousness and suppression had a positive correlation only with public self-consciousness. No significant correlation of social anxiety with reappraisal and suppression was reported. The present study has highlighted that young adults use emotional regulation methods in an adaptive way. They focus more on re-interpreting emotions rather than suppressing them, and this leads to lesser social anxiety, more awareness of their thoughts, emotions and feelings and what they consider others think of them. This study can be used to form interventions and gain insights about consciousness and emotional regulation of young adults.