Deviation From the Balanced Time Perspective and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: the Mediating Roles of Cognitive-Behavioral Emotion Regulation in a Cross-Cultural Model

dc.authoridAbdollahpour Ranjbar, Hamed/0000-0002-2923-5829
dc.authoridHabibi Asgarabad, Mojtaba/0000-0002-5011-2823
dc.authorscopusid57221953634
dc.authorscopusid55014217900
dc.authorscopusid55547012000
dc.authorscopusid12753538200
dc.authorscopusid6701646872
dc.authorwosidAbdollahpour Ranjbar, Hamed/Aba-3209-2021
dc.authorwosidAltan-Atalay, Ayse/Aav-5413-2020
dc.authorwosidHabibi, Mojtaba/Lgy-8693-2024
dc.contributor.authorRanjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour
dc.contributor.authorAltan-Atalay, Ayse
dc.contributor.authorAsgarabad, Mojtaba Habibi
dc.contributor.authorTuran, Bulent
dc.contributor.authorEskin, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-15T20:07:02Z
dc.date.available2025-03-15T20:07:02Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentKadir Has Universityen_US
dc.department-temp[Ranjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour; Turan, Bulent; Eskin, Mehmet] Koc Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbu, Turkiye; [Ranjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour] Istinye Univ, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Altan-Atalay, Ayse] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Asgarabad, Mojtaba Habibi] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Psychol, Trondheim, Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionAbdollahpour Ranjbar, Hamed/0000-0002-2923-5829; Habibi Asgarabad, Mojtaba/0000-0002-5011-2823en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground Time perspective (TP) influences how individuals perceive and classify their past, present, and future, impacting their cognition, behavior, and psychological outcomes. Deviation from the balanced time perspective (DBTP) is associated with mental health problems (e.g., depression and anxiety). Emotion regulation (ER) encompasses cognitive and behavioral processes to regulate emotions, with maladaptive strategies like rumination and withdrawal linked to depression and anxiety. Despite extensive research on TP and ER, their joint impact, particularly in the context of depression and anxiety, and cultural differences remain underexplored.Method Participants (N = 513 Iranian, N = 470 Turkish) completed self-report questionnaires on time perspective, cognitive and behavioral ER, anxiety, and depression symptoms. A moderated mediation model was assessed, incorporating the exogenous variable of DBTP, with ER strategies as mediators, and endogenous variables of depressive and anxiety symptoms. The model accounted for cultural variations in the paths as a moderator.Results Significant associations were found between DBTP, ER strategies, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Mediation analyses revealed that both cognitive and behavioral ER strategies (except for adaptive behavioral ER strategies) significantly mediated the associations between DBTP and depression and anxiety. Additionally, multigroup analyses suggested that these mediating effects were consistent across Iranian and Turkish samples, with exceptions in adaptive cognitive ER strategies.Conclusion The study highlights the crucial role of TPs and ER strategies in predicting anxiety and depression symptoms, with notable cultural nuances. Specifically, maladaptive strategies exacerbate symptoms, while adaptive strategies mitigate them primarily in Iranian contexts. Cultural subtleties are discussed in detail.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.en_US
dc.description.woscitationindexScience Citation Index Expanded - Social Science Citation Index
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1452455
dc.identifier.issn1664-0640
dc.identifier.pmid39990172
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85218701664
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1452455
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001426881200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Saen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectDeviation From The Balanced Time Perspectiveen_US
dc.subjectCognitive And Behavioral Emotion Regulationen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectModerated Mediationen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.titleDeviation From the Balanced Time Perspective and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: the Mediating Roles of Cognitive-Behavioral Emotion Regulation in a Cross-Cultural Modelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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