Abstract Theoretical conceptualizations of mentalizing postulate a close relationship between the ability to mentalize and the regulation of emotional states. The former is viewed as a key process to modulate the latter, with the origins of the link between the two established in early attachment relationships. However, there is a lack of research testing this association empirically. In the present cross-sectional study, the hypothesis of a positive relationship between the two constructs was tested based on data collected on more than 500 nonclinical adult participants. Various self-assessments and an experimentally derived instrument of mentalizing were employed to this end. Correlational analyses confirmed the expected associations between emotion regulation and mentalizing. In addition, regression models showed that adaptive as well as maladaptive emotion regulation, independent of age, gender, and native language, could be predicted only by self-focused mentalizing.

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心理化和情绪调节：来自非临床样本的证据

摘要 心智化的理论概念假设心智化能力与情绪状态调节之间存在密切关系。前者被视为调节后者的关键过程，两者之间的联系起源于早期依恋关系。然而，缺乏实证检验这种关联的研究。在目前的横断面研究中，基于从 500 多名非临床成人参与者中收集的数据检验了两种结构之间存在正相关关系的假设。为此目的，采用了各种自我评估和实验衍生的心理化工具。相关分析证实了情绪调节和心理化之间的预期关联。此外，